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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.wco.com!news From: "Jeffery T. White" <zellion@cyberwind.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD beyond 1024 cylinder Date: 10 Sep 1996 06:28:03 GMT Organization: West Coast Online's News Server - Not responsible for content Lines: 69 Message-ID: <01bb9ee2$6b035a80$df6d04c7@zellion.cyberwind.com> References: <512c9s$7hd@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cw223.cyberwind.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01BB9EA7.BEA48280" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01BB9EA7.BEA48280 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well I have it on an OLD 680 meg Maxtor SCSI, with an even older 386 BIOS so it sounds true to me. I don't think my controller, Adaptec 1542,is doing any translation either... -- | Jeffery T. White | email: zellion@cyberwind.com | | Cyberwind, The wind knows... | http://www.cyberwind.com Kent Slater <kslater@vt.edu> wrote in article <512c9s$7hd@solaris.cc.vt.edu>... > I wish to install FreeBSD on a 2.1 gig SCSI Hard Drive, along > with other operating systems (Windows NT and straight DOS). Throughout > the installation and other documentation both on and offline, the > documents frequently warn about installing FreeBSD beyond the 1024 > cylinder (about 528 MB I think). However, I recall seeing something > about that only applying to EIDE drives. Am I correct in thinking that > it does indeed only apply to EIDE Hard Drives and that I can install > FreeBSD anywhere on the Hard Drive I wish? > > Thanks, > Kent Slater > kslater@vt.edu > > ------=_NextPart_000_01BB9EA7.BEA48280 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head></head><BODY bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><p><font size=3D2 = color=3D"#000000" face=3D"Courier New">Well I have it on an OLD 680 meg = Maxtor SCSI, with an even older 386 BIOS so it sounds true to me. I = don't think my controller, Adaptec 1542,is doing any translation = either...<br><br>-- <br>| Jeffery T. White<br>| email: <font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>zellion@cyberwind.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000"><br>|<br>| Cyberwind, The wind knows...<br>| = <font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.cyberwind.com</u><font = color=3D"#000000"><br><br><br><br><br>Kent Slater <<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>kslater@vt.edu</u><font color=3D"#000000">> = wrote in article <<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>512c9s$7hd@solaris.cc.vt.edu</u><font = color=3D"#000000">>...<br>> 	I wish to install FreeBSD on a = 2.1 gig SCSI Hard Drive, along <br>> with other operating systems = (Windows NT and straight DOS). Throughout <br>> the = installation and other documentation both on and offline, the <br>> = documents frequently warn about installing FreeBSD beyond the 1024 = <br>> cylinder (about 528 MB I think). However, I recall seeing = something <br>> about that only applying to EIDE drives. Am I = correct in thinking that <br>> it does indeed only apply to EIDE Hard = Drives and that I can install <br>> FreeBSD anywhere on the Hard = Drive I wish?<br>> <br>> 		Thanks,<br>> = 		Kent Slater<br>> 		<font = color=3D"#0000FF"><u>kslater@vt.edu</u><font color=3D"#000000"><br>> = <br>> </p> </font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></f= ont></body></html> ------=_NextPart_000_01BB9EA7.BEA48280--