Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:12:59 -0700 From: "Jack Velte" <jackv@pacbell.net> To: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: restrictions on how I divide the disk Message-ID: <01bce0d2$5eb05660$2b20aace@eliot.pacbell.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] 2.14. Any restrictions on how I divide the disk up? Yes. You must make sure that your root partition is below 1024 cylinders so the BIOS can boot the kernel from it. (Note that this is a limitation in the PC's BIOS, not FreeBSD). For a SCSI drive, this will normally imply that the root partition will be in the first 1024MB (or in the first 4096MB if extended translation is turned on - see previous question). For IDE, the corresponding figure is 504MB. this answer is vague. does the root partition need to end below 1024 cylinders also? i suspect i'll find the answer to be yes, but stating it explicitly here would clarify things. (in any case, i see that my root partition is way outside off 1024 cylinders, so this sort of answered my question anyway.) thanks for all the information! -jack [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <H2>2.14. Any restrictions on how I divide the disk up?</H2> <P>Yes. You must make sure that your root partition is below 1024 cylinders so the BIOS can boot the kernel from it. (Note that this is a limitation in the PC's BIOS, not FreeBSD).</P> <P>For a SCSI drive, this will normally imply that the root partition will be in the first 1024MB (or in the first 4096MB if extended translation is turned on - see previous question). For IDE, the corresponding figure is 504MB.</P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=2>this answer is vague. does the root partition need to end below 1024 cylinders also? i suspect i'll find the answer to be yes, but stating it explicitly here would clarify things.</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=2>(in any case, i see that my root partition is way outside off 1024 cylinders, so this sort of answered my question anyway.)</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>thanks for all the information!</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000 size=2>-jack</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>help
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