From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 16 10:59:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA18501 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:59:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from nexos.com.br (ns.nexos.com.br [200.239.191.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA18140 for ; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:54:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gorgonio@nexos.com.br) Received: from localhost (localhost.nexos.com.br [127.0.0.1]) by nexos.com.br (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA03690; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 16:30:51 -0200 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 16:30:49 -0200 (EDT) From: Gorgonio Araujo To: Doug White cc: FREEBSD-INSTALL@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 1023 BIOS limit In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Gorgonio Araújo wrote: > > > 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? > > Or you installed the system so that the root filesystem straddled the > limit, and part of the kernel is over the line. No. The root file system was just with 32M, so bellow cylinder 70. > > > If so what do you suggest to skip this > > condition. Is there any other way then to create a slice just to keep > > partition /? > > Make your root FS small enough so it'll fit underneath the 500mb limit (or > wherever you're hitting it, you didn't mention how big the disk is in MB). > The rest of the system can be wherever. The disc is a 3089MB HD (6696*15*63*512). After my last message I descovered that in the machine's setup there is a option to configure a disc as a DOS or a non-DOS one. I'd put as a non-DOS and that's why I couldn't boot with FreeBSD. Setting as a DOS disc it works whell. I have no idea what a non-DOS disc means. Thanks for your help, -- Gorgonio Araújo Nexos - http://www.nexos.com.br tel/fax: +55 71 240-7232 --