From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 4 0:47: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles505.castles.com [208.214.165.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EBE1155A5 for ; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 00:47:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00488; Thu, 4 Nov 1999 00:36:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199911040836.AAA00488@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Randy Bush Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Nov 1999 00:20:46 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 00:36:21 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > on a 13gb win98 system, i wanted a bit of bsd. so i installed win98 in 10gb > and freebsd in the last 3gb, and choose easyboot. at boot, when i select f2 > pertition, i get a beep. is it the >1024 cyl thingie? wazza fix? it is > already lba. "Chose easyboot"? Here's the best fix: - Boot the install floppy. When the little spinning widget appears and stops, hit the spacebar. At the 'boot:" prompt, type wd(0,a)/boot/loader This should get the loader off the disk OK, and boot you fine. - Once you're up and running, read the manpage for boot0inst. You want to install boot0 on wd0, and enable the 'packet' option. This should get you going. All of the FreeBSD boot path apart from boot0 seems to work just fine > 1024 cylinders. I haven't personally tested over the 8GB mark though. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message