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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!news.dacom.co.kr!news.uoregon.edu!mars.efn.org!usenet From: Michelle Brownsworth <michellb@efn.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 install fiasco Date: 6 Jan 1996 10:22:28 GMT Organization: Oregon Public Networking Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4clih4$btk@mars.efn.org> References: <4c9vmb$17h@mars.efn.org> <4cj8bu$1cc@news1.cle.ab.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dynip24.efn.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: bruce.halco@ab.com X-URL: news:4cj8bu$1cc@news1.cle.ab.com bruce.halco@ab.com (Bruce Halco) wrote: ><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)? Actually, I don't think you're going to have a problem--at least, not the same one I had. Since the partition begins below the dreaded cylinder 1024, BootEasy can boot FreeBSD with no problem. Once FreeBSD is running, the 1024 barrier is no longer an issue. Still, you ought to look into a BIOS upgrade. I ordered mine today--$69.95. It's by far the cleanest and best solution. Good luck on your installation, \\ichelle