From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 16:31:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08679 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:31:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aero.org (aero.org [130.221.16.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA08588 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:30:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shouhan@rush.aero.org) Received: from rush.aero.org ([130.221.201.83]) by aero.org with ESMTP id <111141-3>; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:30:04 -0700 Received: from ideogram (ideogram.aero.org [130.221.192.36]) by rush.aero.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA19084; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3560C3ED.F32F342E@rush.aero.org> Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:27:41 -0700 From: steven wang Organization: Aerospace corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: 9.1 GB SCSI installation problem X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a Microplois 3391NS SCSI　 disk (9.1GB) which has a root partition of 100MB starting from the beginning of the disk using DOS FDISK utility.　 However I have problem to install the FreeBSD 2.2.6 form the boot floppy.　 The message came back saying something like, "wrong location or size too big." I notice that there is a FAQ (enclosed below) syaing about the 1024 cylinder limitation.　 The 9.1GB (8.86 Gb formated) translates to be larger than 1024 cylinders. My BIOS > 1GB option has been turnned on. So I don't think it has any thing to do with the BIOS.　 What could go wrong?　 I even tried to vary the root partition from 60MB to 1GB, but none worked.　　 Any suggestion? Thanks. "2.14. Any restrictions on how I divide the disk up? Yes. You must make sure that your root partition is below 1024 cylinders so the BIOS can boot the kernel from it. (Note that this is a limitation in the PC's BIOS, not FreeBSD). For a SCSI drive, this will normally imply that the root partition will be in the first 1024MB (or in the first 4096MB if extended translation is turned on - see previous question). For IDE, the corresponding figure is 504MB. -- Steven Wang, Ph.D. Computer Systems Research Department The Aerospace Corporation 2350 East El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245 Email: shouhan@aero.org, shouhan@juno.com 　 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message