From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 29 12:52: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from jester.ti.com (jester.ti.com [192.94.94.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB911529A for ; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:52:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhuff@armadillo.itg.ti.com) Received: from armadillo.itg.ti.com ([172.25.8.168]) by jester.ti.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA27757 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:51:42 -0600 (CST) Received: from armadillo.itg.ti.com (dhuff@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by armadillo.itg.ti.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA18436 for ; Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:44:00 -0600 Message-Id: <199911292044.OAA18436@armadillo.itg.ti.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 Reply-To: dhuff@pobox.com To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: bootmgr] In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Nov 1999 11:10:03 PST." <383C380B.5BC2E3A6@network-alchemy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:43:59 -0600 From: David Huff Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The problem is in your BIOS - any PC can't access HDD more than 512Mb in > NORMAL or 8Gb in LBA mode throught BIOS. But bootmgr use BIOS! This may have been asked before, but I couldn't find a definitive answer searching thru the Handbook or FAQ: What if I don't use bootmgr, but Power Quest's Bootmagic to boot FreeBSD ? Will this get around the problem ? (Heck, anyone know if Bootmagic can even boot FreeBSD at all ? :) Thanks, David Huff dhuff@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message