Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:46:56 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Michael Reifenberger <root@nihil.plaut.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Jeff Kreska <jeff@kreska.org> Subject: RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive Message-ID: <200006181646.JAA05462@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006181225530.628-100000@nihil.plaut.de>
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On 18-Jun-00 Michael Reifenberger wrote: > Hi, > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > ... >> and support LBA mode so we can boot off of larger disks, but adding this >> support into some parts of the bootstrap has some far reaching consequences. >> As a result, boot0 most likely won't have support for large drives until >> 5.0, or possibly 4.2 or later on the 4.x branch. > using "boot0cfg -B -o packet ad0" solved the booting problem for me. > Previously I had to use the win98 bootloader and activate the partitions by > hand in a dual-boot configuration. Yes, I should have been more clear. What I am doing is fixing boot0 so that it autodetects and uses packet mode when necessary. This works around a chicken and egg problem whereby a user installs a system but can't boot into it to turn on packet mode. :) -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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