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From: Steve Schwartz <steve@server.gslink.com>
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Subject: Re: Boot Up
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> > Warning, CMOS geometry for C: is mapped, too many heads
> > Mapped Geometry: 63 sectors 64 heads 787 cylinders
> > Drive geometry: 63 sectors 16 heads 3148 cylinders
> 
> The boot floppy can deal with this.
> 
> > I have on my C: a 1.6 Western Digital with 3 partitions.  A 900MB (Win95) 
> > 250(Empty for Unix/Linux) and 350(NT4.0)
> 
> Any way you roll it you are going to end up with an unbootable 
> partition.  All bootable partitions must be completely below 500MB or so.

So even though I get this message, and I am going to install BSDI on a 
seperate DOS Partiton 150MB it should be fine? There will be no problems 
in the long run?