From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Oct 25 02:56:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA25167 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 02:56:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc) Received: from mail-gw.pacbell.net (mail-gw.pacbell.net [206.13.28.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA25162 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 02:56:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jackv@pacbell.net) Received: from eliot.pacbell.net (ppp-206-170-1-240.snfc21.pacbell.net [206.170.1.240]) by mail-gw.pacbell.net (8.8.7/8.7.1+antispam) with SMTP id CAA22914 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 02:56:09 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jack Velte" To: Subject: restrictions on how I divide the disk Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 16:12:59 -0700 Message-ID: <01bce0d2$5eb05660$2b20aace@eliot.pacbell.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE097.B2517E60" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE097.B2517E60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 ------=_NextPart_000_0006_01BCE097.B2517E60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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=20 the BIOS can boot the kernel from it. (Note that this is a limitation in = the=20 PC's BIOS, not FreeBSD).

For a SCSI drive, this will normally imply that the root partition = will be in=20 the first 1024MB (or in the first 4096MB if extended translation is = turned on -=20 see previous question). For IDE, the corresponding figure is 504MB.

this answer is vague.  does the = root=20 partition need to end below 1024 cylinders also?  i suspect i'll = find the=20 answer to be yes, but stating it explicitly here would clarify=20 things.

(in any case, i see that my root = partition is way=20 outside off 1024 cylinders, so this sort of answered my question=20 anyway.)

thanks for all = the=20 information!

-jack

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