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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.PBI.net!decwrl!hookup!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!news From: verba@cris.com (Paul Verba) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: When booting, get Error: C:1286 > 1023 (BIOS limit). Then it hangs. Date: 27 Apr 1996 02:24:06 GMT Organization: RAI Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4ls0g6$d7h@tribune.concentric.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cnc80259.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 During the boot, it says >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x10000: 640/7168 k of memory Use hd(1,a)/kernel .... ...ect.... Boot: Error: C:1286 >1023 (BIOS limit) ---- My config seems okay, i installed from floppies, did the boot, root floppies, did the bin distribution, in entirety. Kernel is in the root directory. 1 big partition, 4 slices: / , /var, /usr, and swap. The filesystems check out on all 3 slices. Did fsck on each of the slices, they look okay. What could be wrong? How do i fix it? Thanks Andrew