Re: 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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    To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
    Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 09:17:12 -0700
    
    

    On Saturday 17 May 2003 08:30 am, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
    > For as long as I remember, FreeBSD has had issues booting a kernel
    > beyond the first 1GB of a disk.

    Actually, I'm not sure this is true anymore...on my machine here my -stable
    partition starts just about 60G in and I've had no trouble. That's why I was
    so floored by this new machine that argued with me.

    -Cliff L. Biffle
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