Re: 1021 cylinders(?), 8.4GB, and FreeBSD
On Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:03:34PM +0300, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> I have an 8.4gb maxtor. I have an initial partition of something like 100Mb
> for /boot, so that it could be boot from. After this partition, I am
> attempting to put a freebsd. Which is where it gets odd.
>
> I don't recall changing to the 1021 format, and the sizing of the /boot as
> well as another long-gone partition was set so that they'd both end up
> (entirely) within the first 1023.
>
> Can I change my disk geometry now? Or will this kill everything? Or is there
> another way to boot FreeBSD? as near as I can tell, even with the floppy, it
> wants it's root partition in the first 1023, even when using the boot
> diskette; and in spite of my alleged geometry, it gives a report of "C> 1023
> exceeded" or some such.
I think you definately want LBA. I don't think you can change it after
the fact, though.
I have FreeBSD installed starting half way through a 3.2gb disk, and
the second disk at that (hdb/wd2). It works okay, I've never encountered
this < 1024 thing with either Linux or FreeBSD. But I don't know much about
BSD and haven't really had much luck/time with it.
Hamish
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