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From: Kurt@pinboard.com (Kurt Keller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: which filesys under 1024 cyls?
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 15:04:53 GMT
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Hi folks,
Recently I was installing FreeBSD on a couple of machines, all with EIDE
harddisks 1.2 - 2.5 GB (SCSI was no alternative in that case,
unfortunately). I know that the bootable part needs to be stored below
1024 cylinders and why.
But actually, what _filesystems_ in FreeBSD need to be accessible in the
boot process? I first thought that only the root system and maybe /usr
would suffice, it does not. Trying to install each system for several
times, they finally booted, but quite honestly, I don't know exactly why
and how I got it to work.
Another point which might be important is that all those systems do NOT
support LBA mode in BIOS, thus I was using dedicated mode to still get
full use of the harddisk.
Kurt
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