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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!brazile From: brazile@math.utexas.edu (Jason Brazile) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can freeBSD be installed on a ez135 Date: 7 May 1996 13:30:46 GMT Organization: Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4mnja6$t7v@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> References: <318ba121.1466232@news> <Dqzw4o.6By@slugvine.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: goldfish.ma.utexas.edu In article <Dqzw4o.6By@slugvine.demon.co.uk>, John Stark <jas@slugvine.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <318ba121.1466232@news>, >Monica Gartman <mgartman@wolfenet.com> wrote: >>I would like to try free bsd with Xwindows but can not risk messing up >>my hard drive . > >I think you're out of luck. I tried creating a standalone FreeBSD installation >on an EZ135 cartridge, but once I had done so I couldn't find a way of >booting it (using a boot floppy). The boot code apparently needs a drive >that can be accessed by the BIOS. I have several NetBSD EZ135 boot cartridges. I feel certain that the same could be done for FreeBSD (I have a friend whom I think has done it). The trick is to use the geometry for the drive that is reported by your BIOS which is probably different from the "real" geometry. I used the MS-DOS "pfdisk" program to find out what my BIOS thinks it is. I also made the EZ135 drive SCSI ID 0 for convenience. --- Jason Brazile brazile@math.utexas.edu "People say I'm apathetic but I don't care" University of Texas