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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news1.cle.ab.com!usenet From: bruce.halco@ab.com (Bruce Halco) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 install fiasco Date: 5 Jan 1996 13:16:46 GMT Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. Lines: 16 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4cj8bu$1cc@news1.cle.ab.com> References: <4c9vmb$17h@mars.efn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: alder.cle.ab.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.2 In article <4c9vmb$17h@mars.efn.org>, Michelle Brownsworth <michellb@efn.org> says: >She regarded me with amusement. "Simple," she seemed to be saying. "Unix itself >doesn't care about BIOS's 528 MB limit, but what about FreeBSD's OS boot routine? > It apparently does. You might have to upgrade your old (AMI, with SIS chip set) >BIOS, if FreeBSD doesn't have a work-around. <Sigh> Since I didn't see any mention of this in the FreeBSD Handbook or the FAQ, I assumed (I know, I know...) that this wasn't going to be a problem. My FreeBSD CD-ROM is on order, I have a partition all cleared out waiting for it. The partition *begins* well below cylinder 1023, but ends slightly over it. Will this get me by, or does the entire partition need to be below 1023 (ala' DOS and OS/2)? Bruce Halco