Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:40:58 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Arsoba <bobby@tu.koszalin.pl> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Root slice below ~500MB (the >1023 problem) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970110114803.8721B-100000@lew.tu.koszalin.pl>
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On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Nick wrote: >> I have one hard drive (2.5 G) and it's already cut into two. A >> 1.5 gig and a 1 gig. this computer came this way because of >> it's disk controller. I am pretty sure it's MS-DOS partitioned. >> And formatted for MS-DOS. Could I somehow install FreeBSD >> from CD-ROM into the 1 gig and have the other for Win95(for >> other family members). And have both bootable??? On Wed, 8 Jan 1997, Doug White answered: >No. FreeBSD's root partition must be below ~500MB on most systems. 1. What did you mean "most systems" Doug. I have Intel Atlantis motherboard with AMI BIOS version 1.00.04.CL0 and Seagate ST31081 hard disk, 1.08GB. It is configured in setup as primary IDE master and other settings are as follows: IDE Device Configuration: Auto Configured (2097 cyl, 16 heads, 63 secs), IDE Translation Mode: Auto Detected (Extended CHS and Logical Block are also supported). I would like to have both Win95 and FreeBSD 2.1.5. I installed Win95 and left about 300MB for FreeBSD at the end of my disk (so beyond 500MB limit, perhaps it was my mistake). Can I install FreeBSD there and be able to boot it? (I would like to avoid repartitioning). 2. How can I remove BootEasy from boot sector to boot Win95 (is fdisk /MBR sufficient?). 3. Can I copy FreeBSD distribution files from CD to extended DOS partition and then start the installation? Sorry for my english... Thanks for your help! Robert bobby@lew.tu.koszalin.pl Technical University of Koszalin, Poland
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