problem with 1024 cylinders

[fancalenno]

I have one IDE disk drive with 40GB
I used the partition utility of win xp to make three partitions when I =
was installing winxp.  Its sequence is pri(xp)->ext(xp)->pri(bsd).
I installed the xp on the first partition(pri) and put some personal =
data on the next partition(ext).
In the partition editor, I deleted(d) the third partition(pri) that I =
had made, then created(c) a new BSD partition.
Three partitions occupy 8GB. 16GB. 14GB in sequence respectively.
After testing, both of win xp and FreeBSD can run normally with no =
problem.
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my question is ... does the FreeBSD still have the restriction that its =
root file system must be installed in the first 1024 cylinders???
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a.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/multi-os/ch3.html
the document as above point out should put the root file system / into =
the 1204 cylinders of the first disk drive otherwise bsd can't start =
normally.
b.
The book" FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your Personal =
Computer" by Annelise Anderson  say "FreeBSD needs a few of its =
files(those in the / or 'slash' root file system)close enough to the =
front of the drive so the computer can find them. And every other =
operating system needs some files up front too..."

I used partition magic to see the cylinder range of my bsd partition.  =
It indicated the cylinder range of bsd had already gone beyond the 1024 =
cylinders!=20
But I still can use booteasy to start both of these two os.   So I can't =
figure out if the FreeBSD was really restricted by the 1024 cylinders???


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I think if it's about boot manager???
The common boot manager uses BIOS to start the os, but it's also =
restricted by BIOS.
The BIOS has the restriction that os can't be start if some files of =
os(just as / of bsd)go beyond 1024 cylinders.
But the booteasy doesn't use the BIOS, so it's not restricted by BIOS?
I had ever used OS-BS to boot these two os, the xp can start normally =
but the BSD can't. The pop up prompt window say"NO OPERATING SYSTEM!".   =
So I can't make sure if the factor"boot manager use BIOS or not" affects =
the 1024 cylinders?