Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 20:55:16 -0700 From: Daniel Zappala <zappala@cs.uoregon.edu> To: Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Partitioning HD's on a TP Message-ID: <199809070355.UAA00541@localhost.my.domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 14:00:25 MDT." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9809041357460.21394-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu>
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You should be able to partition without a problem. I have a 560X with a 4GB hard drive. First 2GB is Windows, second is FreeBSD. I didn't do anything special for this as the BIOS does the translation OK. I think some of the docs you'll find are a little outdated in this respect. Daniel Zappala zappala@cs.uoregon.edu > Hello, > > I'm setting up an IBM TP560X with a relatively gargantuan 6.4GB hard drive > to run Win95 and FreeBSD. > > My plan was to make the Win95 partition 2GB and give the rest to FreeBSD, > but I seem to be bumping up against the "keep all your root partitions > below the 1024 cylinder limit" problem. In the tutorials there is talk of > using an "LBA" mode under some BIOS setups. I haven't been able to locate > this animal in the startup stuff on my Thinkpad. > > Is that because there isn't one, or is that because I haven't found it? > Has anyone found a way around this, or am I going to be adjusting my > partitions? > > > Thanks, > > Brian > > -- > Brian Handy Mail: handy@physics.montana.edu > Department of Physics Phone: (406) 994-6317 > Montana State University Fax: (406) 994-4452 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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