Stable version of FreeBSD 5.0

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Aug 25), Gerald S. Stoller said:
>    I have the impression from reading the McGraw Hill book on this version 
> ("The Complete Reference FreeBSD") that the  1024  cylinder limit (in the 
> boot loader) may have gone away with this release.  Is that true, and if 
> so, what is the new limit?  Any other significant changes?  Also, about 
> when is this release due to come out?

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
you can turn on that lets you boot from partitions that start past the
1024-cyl limit.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com