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Re: boot floppy for dualboot with 2k

To: Dan Finn <dfinn@faderautomatic.com>
Subject: Re: boot floppy for dualboot with 2k
From: Kjell Wooding <kjell@tash.pintday.org>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2002 22:16:49 -0700
Cc: David Gwynne <rgwynne@dingoblue.net.au>, misc@openbsd.org,tech@openbsd.org

> I think because I installed it after I installed win2k that it's after
> the first 15 gigs of my hard drive (because I gave 2k the first 15gig
> using partition magic), would this matter?

Yes, that would matter.
Currently, the boot code uses your BIOS and CHS notation to hand
things off to the second stage boot loader. This means your kernel
(/bsd) MUST live in the first 8G of your disk.

-kj

References:
- Re: boot floppy for dualboot with 2k
  - From: Dan Finn <dfinn@faderautomatic.com>

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