Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 23:25:46 -0400 (EDT) From: James <dominus@minos.dyn.ml.org> To: Timothy J Luoma <luomat+FreeBSD@luomat.peak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FBSD and a 4gb drive Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980616231843.626A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199806170022.UAA14444@luomat.peak.org>
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On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Timothy J Luoma wrote: > > Howdy all. > > I'm about 2 days away from my first FreeBSD installation attempt (whoo whee!). > > Here's my question: > > Can FreeBSD: > Be loaded after the first 2gb > Be booted from not the first hard drive Yep, done both of those. Only problem I had with on the second drive is taht the boot manager had me choose the second drive then freebsd before it would boot. Eample for clarity /// forgive me for not remembering the exact prompt but the idea will be /// clear once you see it Default F2 F1 HPFS F2 DISK 2 Choose a drive: // User presses F2 then I saw Default F1 F1 BSD F2 DISK 1 Choose a Drive: //////////////////////////////////// I am sure there is probably a way around this behavior, but I am not sure what. I only seen it on the second drive on a friends machine. I have it in the last 2gb of my 4gb drive here. James > > Thanks! > > TjL > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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