From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Mar 16 11:34: 1 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from ramstind.gtf.ol.no (ramstind.gtf.ol.no [128.39.174.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F0E837C186 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:33:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no) Received: from localhost (trond@localhost) by ramstind.gtf.ol.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA16147; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:33:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:33:44 +0100 (CET) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= To: Johan Karlsson Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "No /boot/loader" or "Invalid format" In-Reply-To: <200003161652.RAA62158@numeri.campus.luth.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Johan Karlsson wrote: > I have had succes with Win partitions of size 2-4 GB and could not see any > other limit then the 504MB limit in the handbook (which I know does not apply). > > Where can I find docs on / how can I calculate the 8GB limit? The FAQ (see Installation) tells you to keep all bootable partitions below the 1023rd cylinder (assuming the first cylinder is numbered 0). If possible, you should install a small NTFS partition and a small FreeBSD slice (only ``/'') below the 1023rd cylinder and use the remaining space as you see fit for both NTFS and FreeBSD. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Trond Endrestøl | trond@gtf.ol.no Merkantilvegen 59HB7, | trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no N-2815 GJØVIK, NORWAY |+47 61139424 || +47 63874242 Patron of The Art of Computer Programming| FreeBSD 3.4 & Pine 4.21 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message