Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:22:27 +0200 From: Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de> To: devvnull@crosswinds.net, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Large disk and /boot partition relocation ..can I? Message-ID: <39994413.3758AD5F@gmx.de> References: <00081403024200.03468@charon>
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Hi Erik, > I have a 20 GIG drive with three OS's there -> SuSE linux, debian (potato) > and a debian (woody) for development. I use a trick to boot these in > linux and I am not sure that it will work with BSD: At the the beginning > of the drive I always put two **small (10 MB )** primary partitions. Then I > can mount /boot (NOTE: this is _not_ the same as / ) on /dev/hda1 or 2 for > the OS's high on the drive. Do you try to avoid the 1024 cylinder boundary? If yes, this isnīt necessary anymore. New Lilo as well as new FreeBSD bootloader know to boot of partitions (slices) higher than 1024 cylinders. Ciao Siegbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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