Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:43:55 -0500 From: "Jeff Kreska" <jeff@kreska.org> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Michael Reifenberger" <root@nihil.plaut.de> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive Message-ID: <NDBBJACAOLMCLNLPHBIAAEIHCAAA.jeff@kreska.org> In-Reply-To: <200006181646.JAA05462@john.baldwin.cx>
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I think there is something wrong with the install prog. 2 things to note: The partition table is corrupt after a install. (even if I don't install anything and just go into the intaller's fdisk like screen and type "w".) If I set the BSD partition active the system beeps at start up and says no Operating System. Are there specs for how to create a partition past the 1024 cyl? I would like to verify that the installer is writing the correct entries to the disk. > Subject: RE: install / boot last 3 gig of 25 gig drive > > > > On 18-Jun-00 Michael Reifenberger wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, John Baldwin wrote: > > ... > >> and support LBA mode so we can boot off of larger disks, but > adding this > >> support into some parts of the bootstrap has some far reaching > consequences. > >> As a result, boot0 most likely won't have support for large > drives until > >> 5.0, or possibly 4.2 or later on the 4.x branch. > > using "boot0cfg -B -o packet ad0" solved the booting problem for me. > > Previously I had to use the win98 bootloader and activate the > partitions by > > hand in a dual-boot configuration. > > Yes, I should have been more clear. What I am doing is fixing boot0 so > that it autodetects and uses packet mode when necessary. This > works around > a chicken and egg problem whereby a user installs a system but can't boot > into it to turn on packet mode. :) > > -- > > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ > PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc > "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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