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Date:      Wed, 25 Oct 1995 19:49:26 +0000 ()
From:      Sergio Lenzi <lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br>
To:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: more boot disk....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951025194342.3719D-100000@cwbone.bsi.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <199510252120.OAA19573@phaeton.artisoft.com>

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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, Terry Lambert wrote:

> 
> It can't.  You can't guarantee to be able to read data (like /kernel)
> from an 'a' slice that ends after the 1023'rd cylinder because you
> can only stuff a 10 bit value into the INT 21/13 calls.
> 
> Since the boot code on DOS systems is BIOS based, you are screwed.
> 

Ok but... If I make a FreeBSD slice that begins on cyl 1 for example,
and in that slice I make some filesystems this way:

	rootfs	60Mb	starting on cyl 1
	swap	100MB
	usr	500MB
	home	700MB

I supose that the rootf ,where the kernel resides, is in the
beggining of the disk, so accessible by the bios right????

So if I partition the disk this way the system will work.

Thanks any oppinion...
Lenzi.



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