From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 24 22:42: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.radzinschi.com (pcp284510pcs.owngsm01.md.comcast.net [68.54.240.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF5437B400 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 22:42:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (marco@localhost.radzinschi.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.radzinschi.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2P6fs585497; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:41:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marco@radzinschi.com) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 01:41:54 -0500 (EST) From: Marco Radzinschi To: Jeff Jeter Cc: , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: HDD > 8.4 GB In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020325011633.U85423-100000@mail.radzinschi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, the root partition holds the kernel, so this has to be in the first 8.4 GB of the disk. Otherwise, unless the BIOS supports it, the boot loader will not be able to load the kernel. Once the kernel is loaded, however, it will no longer use the BIOS to access the disk. I know that the FreeBSD boot loader can boot past the 8.4 GB boundary, but unless I am mistaken, it still uses the BIOS for the initial boot. If I am wrong on this, and the boot loader does not use the BIOS to load the kernel, then one could get away with placing the /boot partition, instead of the root partition, in the first 8.4 GB of the disk (1024 cyl). Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about the FreeBSD boot loader could clarify this. Marco Radzinschi E-Mail: marco@radzinschi.com AOL IM: CrackedBoy On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, Jeff Jeter wrote: > > > If you are going to install *BSD or Linux on that 486, then you don't > > need a new controller. All you have to do is either not make the big disk > > the boot drive, or make sure the root partition is in the first 8.4 GB. > > > Do you mean boot partition? Just wanted to make sure there isn't any > unclarity To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message