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From: Ragnar <bowden@cs.odu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install >1024 OK ?
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:51:46 -0400 (EDT)
Organization: Old Dominion University
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On 22 Apr 1996, Bill Paul wrote:

> Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Anders Moe
> (andersmo@ifi.uio.no) had the courage to say:
> 
> : Can FreeBSD be installed and booted above the 1024 cylinder limit ?
> 
> No. That's why we call it a limit.

Gee, that's odd, since my freebsd partition starts on 1026, and boots 
fine all the time.

Jamie

I have my finger on the pulse of the planet.