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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!uniserve!van-bc!news.cyberstore.ca!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news1.cle.ab.com!usenet From: bruce.halco@ab.com (Bruce Halco) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 install fiasco Date: 8 Jan 1996 14:04:31 GMT Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. Lines: 17 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4cr89f$g4j@news1.cle.ab.com> References: <4c9vmb$17h@mars.efn.org> <4cj8bu$1cc@news1.cle.ab.com> <4clik0$c54@mars.efn.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: alder.cle.ab.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.92.2 In article <4clik0$c54@mars.efn.org>, Michelle Brownsworth <michellb@efn.org> says: >Since the partition begins below the drea= >ded cylinder 1024, BootEasy can boot FreeBSD with no problem. Once FreeBSD is >running, the 1024 barrier is no longer an issue. > >Still, you ought to look into a BIOS upgrade. I ordered mine today--$69.95. It's >by far the cleanest and best solution. > <Whew.> Thanks. This is only a temporary installation for evaluation, so I'm trying to get by with as little reconfiguration of the machine as possible. If all goes well I'll be setting up a news server on a dedicated machine later. Thanks again, Bruce Halco