In the last episode (Aug 25), Gerald S. Stoller said:
> I have the impression from reading the McGraw Hill book on this version
> ("The Complete Reference FreeBSD") that the 1024 cylinder limit (in the
> boot loader) may have gone away with this release. Is that true, and if
> so, what is the new limit? Any other significant changes? Also, about
> when is this release due to come out?
The 1024-cylinder limit hasn't been a problem for years. I believe the
loader has always supported it, and the boot block has a "packet" mode
you can turn on that lets you boot from partitions that start past the
1024-cyl limit.
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Dan Nelson
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