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Date:      Tue, 09 Dec 1997 17:42:38 -0200
From:      "Gorgonio Araújo" <gorgonio@nexos.com.br>
To:        FREEBSD-INSTALL@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   1023 BIOS limit
Message-ID:  <348D9F2E.3BF12EE3@nexos.com.br>

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My HD is a 6696/15/63 (cyl/hd/sec) Maxtor 83240D4 ATA driver. The "/"
was labeled as offset 0 and size 65536 sectors (so it's bellow cylinder
70!). During the boot, before load the kernel, the system is complaining

    "Error: C:2079 > 1023 (BIOS limit)".

I guess that some boot sector was moved to a cylinder over 1023 by
bad144. Is it possible? If so what do you suggest to skip this
condition. Is there any other way then to create a slice just to keep
partition /? If no, the install procedure should suggest us to allows
create the first slice under 1023 cyl limits, not just the first
partition! Doesn't it?

Thanks,

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Gorgonio Araújo
Nexos - http://www.nexos.com.br
tel/fax: +55 71 240-7232
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