Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:22:10 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: Tugrul <tugrul@ianai.BlackSun.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Booting FreeBSD beyond the 1024th cylinder Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901111521290.84303-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990111145734.4961A-100000@ianai.BlackSun.org>
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On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Tugrul wrote: > Does anyone have a solid HOWTO or FAQ on how to accomplish this > feat of magic? :-) I need both Windows and FreeBSD on my machine, but my > IBM Deskstar 10 has 19650 cylinders, horribly limiting my booting options. > The Award's bios' LBA tricks don't seem to have any affect. > For Linux I just cp a kernel to /dev/fd0 and double check its > rdev or use loadlin. Stuff in src/sys/i386/boot looks like it might help, > but not with ELF kernels. Correct me if I am mistaken. > /boot/loader + fbsdboot.exe just hangs... perhaps something extra > I need to tell /boot/loader about its surroundings? have you tried OS-BSbeta? have you tried the newer boot blocks? i think you can do what you were able to do in linux with the freebsd newer blocks. -Alfred > > Tugrul Galatali > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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