Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:16:14 -0700 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: rnordier@FreeBSD.org Cc: msmith@freebsd.org, roam@ringlet.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does boot1 still have a > 1023 cyl limit? Message-ID: <3BA2658E.C962BCC4@urx.com> References: <200109141833.f8EIXRf42001@freefall.freebsd.org>
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rnordier@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > Kent Stewart wrote: > > > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > > > So.. if I read you right, booting correctly for > 1024 cylinders works > > > > if boot0 knows about it. Isn't boot0 the one in the MBR, not in the fbsd > > > > slice? Does this mean that boot1 and boot2 should work just fine if they > > > > are loaded by another kind of MBR loader (say, Grub), and they find out > > > > that they are placed beyond the 1023th cylinder? > > > > > > This should work, yes. > > > > I tried this with a boot1 from FreeBSD 4.4-rc and get a BTX error. I > > had to go back to the boot1 from 4.3 before I could boot. > > That could be serious. Can you post a brief description of your > hardware, together with the BTX register dump if possible? boot1 was > changed to address some problems with certain hardware, so it is > important to know if other incompatibilities have been introduced. The hardware is Abit VP6 mb w/dual 866 coppermines & 256 MB of PC-133 memory. Disk0 is a Maxtor 30 GB, disk1&2 are on the HPT-370 controller and are also Maxtor 30 GB drives. The 2 HD's on the HPT-370 are identical models. All are rated at ATA-100. The loader has been Win XP Pro since beta2 and runs FreeBSD about half of the time. BTX - Register dump int=00000006 err=00000000 efl=00030216 eip=00000de7 eax=00001d3a ebx=000030ff ecx=0000001f edx=000000ce esi=00000001 edi=00000009 ebp=000003fe esp=000003b1 cs=2364 ds=0000 es=0204 fs=0000 gs=0000 ss=9dc5 cs:eip=0f 00 00 00 70 00 00 00-00 00 00 68 1e 00 00 00 ss:esp=b9 0d 00 00 00 fe 03 c2-03 02 01 80 00 1f 00 01 BTX halted Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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