5.0-R won't boot partition 60G into a drive

From: Cliff L. Biffle (cbiffle_at_safety.net)
Date: 05/17/03

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    Well, I've run into an odd bug that I haven't seen before. Methinks it's in
    the bootloader. If this is a known bug or has been fixed since 5.0R, lemme
    know.

    It goes something like this: workstation contains one 120GB IDE drive. The
    first 60G is Win2k, the second is FreeBSD, in theory at least. Install
    completes successfully.

    When I get to the bootloader prompt and hit F2, it just beeps at me and
    refuses to proceed.

    On this same machine, if I split it 30/30/60 (win2k/BSD/empty), it boots fine.

    Thoughts? Any info I can send in? I'm supping the machine to 5.1B and
    rebuilding, but I won't be repartitioning my drive after that out of sheer
    lack of time. Though I -could- duplicate the partition above 60G....

    -Cliff L. Biffle
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