From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 10 03:42:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id DAA07094 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 03:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from lew.tu.koszalin.pl (lew.tu.koszalin.pl [194.92.198.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id DAA07085 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 03:42:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bobby@localhost) by lew.tu.koszalin.pl (8.8.4/8.8.4) id MAA09249; Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:40:58 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 12:40:58 +0100 (MET) From: Robert Arsoba To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Root slice below ~500MB (the >1023 problem) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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