This is an archive of past FreeBSD releases; it's part of the FreeBSD Documentation Archive.

Table of Contents

1. Overview

2. Overview of Boot Managers

3. A Typical Installation

4. Special Considerations

5. Examples

6. Other Sources of Help

7. Technical Details

7.1. Disk Primer

7.2. The Booting Process

7.3. Booting Limitations and Warnings

7.3.1. The dreaded 1024 cylinder limit and how BIOS LBA helps
7.3.2. Boot Managers and Disk Allocation
7.3.3. What if your machine won't boot?

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