On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 02:58:25PM -0400, Gerald S. Stoller wrote: > >From: Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >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
> I haven't heard (or read) about this at all (nor has a friend who uses
> Linux ),
> where can I find out about the "packet" mode and how to use it. I'm running
> FreeBSD version 4.3 (also have version 4.7 but I'm not using it much),
> does it
> have this "packet" mode?
Yes it does. See the boot0cfg(8) man page, but in short you need a
command like:
# boot0cfg -o packet ad0
Cheers,
Matthew
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