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From: Jim Couch <root@katana.amberskogg.dns2go.com>
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To: "Zac M. Speidel" <pepsikid83@yahoo.com>,
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.0-release installation problems
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 11:08:58 -0500
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I Believe that FreeBSD has an issue with it's boot or root partition being 
beyond the 1024 cylinder irrespective of what your bios will handle.
Jim C
On Monday 02 July 2001 11:01, Zac M. Speidel wrote:

>     I have heard about some system BIOS having an
> issue with exceeding 1024 cylinders or whatnot, but
> this is for OLD machines not new 1.5 ghz machine.. If
> anyone has information on my problem or can offer
> suggestions please email me... I will take you out for
> a cup of coffee or  lunch if you help me get freebsd
> running (joking) anyways have a great summer bsd
> cadets and stay away from the heat..

-- 
Real computer scientists don't write code.  They occasionally tinker
with `programming systems', but those are so high level that they
hardly count (and rarely count accurately; precision is for
applications.)

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