Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:30:30 +0100 From: Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk> To: jud@operamail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Bjarne Wichmann Petersen <freebsd.nospam@mekanix.dk> Subject: Re: Limitations of BSD-slices. Message-ID: <20011230222939.XXUH22989.fepB.post.tele.dk@there> In-Reply-To: <8FD1Y87KFKJLKUTGVS61VPJESPDCID.3c2f7558@sparky> References: <8FD1Y87KFKJLKUTGVS61VPJESPDCID.3c2f7558@sparky>
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On Sunday 30 December 2001 21:13, Jud wrote: > Tried QNX? I haven't, and I'm a bit curious. Yes, but not extensively (especially since the last version broke PS/2-mouse). Apart from lack of software there are some really neat features and ideas. Like the photon-gui and file-repository (kinda like compiled ports). > The last I saw, the 1024th cylinder limitation was still in effect if using > FBSD's bootloader, though someone else may know different. GRUB, > which I've only used a short time but am quite happy with, says it will > boot an OS beyond the 1024th cylinder if your disks do LBA. LBA isn't > exactly a new thing, so I assume this will work for most people. Hmm... I thought it wass the OS itself that imposed that limitation and not the bootloader... gotta test this... ;) > I'm about to try converting much of my W2K space to dynamic volumes > and installing FBSD beyond the 1024th cylinder, so if I don't completely > screw up my system in the process, I'll let folks know how it went. I'll await your report! ;) Bjarne -- Homepage: http://www.mekanix.dk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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