Document using the NT boot loader for 3.x systems.
PR: docs/13207 Submitted by: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Update the "Memory limits" question. PR: docs/13403 Submitted by: Stephen Roznowski <sjr@home.com>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.11 1999/09/22 07:23:47 jkoshy Exp $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.12 1999/09/23 08:43:54 wosch Exp $</pubdate>
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<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
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<qandaentry><question>
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<para>What are the limits for memory?</para></question><answer>
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<para>For memory, the (theoretical) limit is 4 gigabytes. One gigabyte
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has been tested; you generally can't buy i386 PCs that can support
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much more than that.</para>
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<para>For memory, the limit is 4 gigabytes. This configuration has
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been tested, see <ulink
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URL="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/configuration">wcarchive's
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configuration</ulink> for more details. If you plan to install this
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much memory into a machine, you need to be careful. You'll probably
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want to use ECC memory and to reduce capacitive loading use 9 chip
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memory modules vice 18 chip memory modules.</para>
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</answer></qandaentry>
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<qandaentry><question>
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<qandaentry><question>
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<para>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</para></question><answer>
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<para>This procedure is slightly different for 2.2.x and 3.x (with the
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3-stage boot) systems.</para>
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<para>The general idea is that you copy the first sector of your
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native root FreeBSD partition into a file in the DOS/NT
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partition. Assuming you name that file something like
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</literallayout>
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</para>
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<para>This procedure assumes that DOS, NT, FreeBSD, or whatever
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<para>For 2.2.x systems this procedure assumes that DOS, NT, FreeBSD, or whatever
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have been installed into their respective fdisk partitions on the
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<emphasis remap=bf>same</emphasis> disk. In my case DOS & NT are in the first fdisk
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partition and FreeBSD is in the second. I also installed FreeBSD
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@ -3529,8 +3536,16 @@ and/or the <filename>bootsect.lnx</filename> file from the floppy to
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</para>
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<para>If FreeBSD is booting from the MBR, restore it with the DOS
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``<emphasis remap=tt>fdisk</emphasis>'' command after you reconfigure them to boot from their
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``<command>fdisk</command>'' command after you reconfigure them to boot from their
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native partitions.</para>
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<para>For FreeBSD 3.x systems the procedure is somewhat simpler.</para>
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<para>If FreeBSD is installed on the same disk as the NT boot partition
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copy <filename>/boot/boot1</filename> to <filename>c:\bootsect.bsd</filename>
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or if FreeBSD is installed on a different disk copy
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<filename>/boot/boot0</filename> to <filename>c:\bootsect.bsd</filename>.
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Then edit <filename>c:\bootsect.ini</filename> as described earlier.</para>
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</answer></qandaentry>
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@ -3544,23 +3559,23 @@ system. Very briefly, these are:</para>
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<para>Boot Linux, and add the following lines to
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<filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>:
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<literallayout> other=/dev/hda2
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<programlisting> other=/dev/hda2
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table=/dev/hda
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label=FreeBSD
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</literallayout>
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</programlisting>
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(the above assumes that your FreeBSD slice is known to Linux as
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<filename>/dev/hda2</filename>; tailor to suit your setup). Then,
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run <emphasis remap=tt>lilo</emphasis> as root and you should be done.</para>
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run <command>lilo</command> as root and you should be done.</para>
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<para>If FreeBSD resides on another disk, you need to add
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``<literal>loader=/boot/chain.b</literal>'' to the LILO entry.
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For example:
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<literallayout> other=/dev/dab4
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<programlisting> other=/dev/dab4
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table=/dev/dab
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loader=/boot/chain.b
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label=FreeBSD
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</literallayout>
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>In some cases you may need to specify the BIOS drive number
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</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.11 1999/09/22 07:23:47 jkoshy Exp $</pubdate>
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<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.12 1999/09/23 08:43:54 wosch Exp $</pubdate>
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<abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted.
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@ -1543,10 +1543,14 @@ Your system should boot successfully.
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<qandaentry><question>
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<para>What are the limits for memory?</para></question><answer>
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<para>For memory, the (theoretical) limit is 4 gigabytes. One gigabyte
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has been tested; you generally can't buy i386 PCs that can support
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much more than that.</para>
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<para>For memory, the limit is 4 gigabytes. This configuration has
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been tested, see <ulink
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URL="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/configuration">wcarchive's
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configuration</ulink> for more details. If you plan to install this
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much memory into a machine, you need to be careful. You'll probably
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want to use ECC memory and to reduce capacitive loading use 9 chip
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memory modules vice 18 chip memory modules.</para>
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</answer></qandaentry>
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<qandaentry><question>
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@ -3478,6 +3482,9 @@ information, see this tutorial by Mark Ovens at
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<qandaentry><question>
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<para>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</para></question><answer>
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<para>This procedure is slightly different for 2.2.x and 3.x (with the
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3-stage boot) systems.</para>
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<para>The general idea is that you copy the first sector of your
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native root FreeBSD partition into a file in the DOS/NT
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partition. Assuming you name that file something like
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@ -3496,7 +3503,7 @@ something like this:</para>
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</literallayout>
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</para>
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<para>This procedure assumes that DOS, NT, FreeBSD, or whatever
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<para>For 2.2.x systems this procedure assumes that DOS, NT, FreeBSD, or whatever
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have been installed into their respective fdisk partitions on the
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<emphasis remap=bf>same</emphasis> disk. In my case DOS & NT are in the first fdisk
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partition and FreeBSD is in the second. I also installed FreeBSD
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@ -3529,8 +3536,16 @@ and/or the <filename>bootsect.lnx</filename> file from the floppy to
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</para>
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<para>If FreeBSD is booting from the MBR, restore it with the DOS
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``<emphasis remap=tt>fdisk</emphasis>'' command after you reconfigure them to boot from their
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``<command>fdisk</command>'' command after you reconfigure them to boot from their
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native partitions.</para>
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<para>For FreeBSD 3.x systems the procedure is somewhat simpler.</para>
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<para>If FreeBSD is installed on the same disk as the NT boot partition
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copy <filename>/boot/boot1</filename> to <filename>c:\bootsect.bsd</filename>
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or if FreeBSD is installed on a different disk copy
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<filename>/boot/boot0</filename> to <filename>c:\bootsect.bsd</filename>.
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Then edit <filename>c:\bootsect.ini</filename> as described earlier.</para>
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</answer></qandaentry>
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@ -3544,23 +3559,23 @@ system. Very briefly, these are:</para>
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<para>Boot Linux, and add the following lines to
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<filename>/etc/lilo.conf</filename>:
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<literallayout> other=/dev/hda2
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<programlisting> other=/dev/hda2
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table=/dev/hda
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label=FreeBSD
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</literallayout>
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</programlisting>
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(the above assumes that your FreeBSD slice is known to Linux as
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<filename>/dev/hda2</filename>; tailor to suit your setup). Then,
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run <emphasis remap=tt>lilo</emphasis> as root and you should be done.</para>
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run <command>lilo</command> as root and you should be done.</para>
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<para>If FreeBSD resides on another disk, you need to add
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``<literal>loader=/boot/chain.b</literal>'' to the LILO entry.
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For example:
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<literallayout> other=/dev/dab4
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<programlisting> other=/dev/dab4
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table=/dev/dab
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loader=/boot/chain.b
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label=FreeBSD
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</literallayout>
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>In some cases you may need to specify the BIOS drive number
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