Subject: IDE disk size limitations ( was Re: NetBSD and 1 GIG IDE drives, should work, right? )
To: John Maier <JohnAM@datastorm.com>
From: Eric S. Hvozda <hvozda@netcom.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/06/1995 11:10:39
On Wed, 06 Sep 95 10:45:00 PDT John Maier wrote:
>
> Since NetBSD doesn't use to BIOS to access IDE drives, the typical 500 meg
> limit should not be an issue, correct?
Correct.
One caveat tho: If your boot device is a IDE disk, the kernel and
boot blocks (ie the root paritition) must where the BIOS can get at it,
otherwise you may find it 'challenging' to boot NetBSD :-)