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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2.1 install fails
Date: 22 May 1997 10:50:11 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <33836053.1710639@news.tiac.net>,
tarbet@swaa.com (Margaret Tarbet) writes:
> Okay, by completely reorganising my physical storage, i got the
> install to go fine, except for the problem with the Jaz drive,
> still unresolved, and the problem with the install utility's
> inability to see more than 4 drives, which is far as i can tell
> is a bug, not a FBSD limitation, right?
Not quite. It's a BIOS limitation. The boot blocks use the
BIOS to find the kernel, from then, access is pretty much
unlimited.
> =margaret
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !