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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: dcv@panix.com (Dimitri Vlahakis) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Booting large IDE from floppy Date: 1 Apr 1996 17:20:17 -0500 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4jpkr1$281@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com For various reasons I am forced to install freebsd on an IDE drive past the 1024th cylinder. This computer doesn't support booting partitions past that point in its bios. However, I know that Freebsd is able to happily access the partition I have set aside for the install, as I have unsuccessfully (due to unrelated problems) tried to install and have had no file system errors. I also have a linux boot partition in that same >1024 section of this ide drive, and I am able to boot that partition simply by booting the linux kernel off the floppy. I would like to do the same with freebsd, ie boot my system from the floppy drive (since the kernel probably can deal with the hard drive, just the bios boot code seems to be the problem.) Is there any way to install just the kernel to a floppy disk and have it access the hard drive to load the rest of the file system? Or at least enough of the kernel so that it will not use the bios boot code? I'm not sure if it would be sufficient for me to just type hd(1,c) or something to that effect and just use the install disk. Thanks a million for the help, Dimitri -- Dimitri Vlahakis dcv@panix.com