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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FREEBSD and large hard drives Date: 5 Jan 1997 08:31:29 GMT Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 21 Message-ID: <5anot1$hgd@raven.eva.net> References: <32cf3407.3598521@news.ols-inc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com Cc: csartler@ols-inc.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33558 csartler@ols-inc.com wrote: : I would like to install FREEBSD on a hard drive which also contains a : DOS partition and a LINUX partition. The only free space is out at the : end of the drive, past the 1024 cylinder mark. : Does this pose a problem for FREEBSD ? and, if so, is there an easy : way to get around it ? You could enable > 1 Gb translation. The problem with the 1024 cyl boundry is a system BIOS limitation, not a FreeBSD (or Linux) limitation. Lilo or the FreeBSD bootmanager may also be able to handle it for you if it's on the MBR. A caveat with using > 1 Gb translation, you may have to reformat your SCSI drive. -- /* | Spam violation - e-mail dumped... ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' */