Multi-OS Boot Question

Adam King aking at lgh.com.au
Tue Jul 15 15:48:06 PDT 2003


I currently have a dual boot Windows/Linux system and want to add another partition and install FreeBSD.

In the FreeBSD install, it mentions that the boot files must be within the first 1024 Cylinders. Is this a requirement for FreeBSD itself or just for the FreeBSD boot loader?

If I use a linux boot loader (LILO or Grub) which doesn't have a problem with the 1024 cylinder limit, will it be able to boot FreeBSD if it's boot files are above cylinder 1024?


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