From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 25 21:01:05 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA24529 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:01:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freenet.hamilton.on.ca (main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA24524 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 21:01:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.66]) by freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA15417; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:57:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA25210; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:59:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 23:59:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Gary Chrysler cc: James B Amy , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD CD Installation In-Reply-To: <31F835CE.51F1@ime.net> 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 Thu, 25 Jul 1996, Gary Chrysler wrote: > > 2. The other issue I did not realize when I ordered FreeBSD is the need to > > load it in a partition within the first 500 MB of disk space (or 1024 > > cylinders). Is this always the case with EIDE drives? I am using a > > Western Digital AC31200 1.2MB HD. > > > > This is _not_ a FreeBSD limitation, It is a PC BIOS limitation. It is not a problem for some BIOSes. It is possible (but not tres likely) that you have a BIOS that will allow you to boot a partition that starts beyond the 1024 cylinder mark. -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk