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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Steve Schwartz <steve@server.gslink.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Boot Up
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960612131911.7312E-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960611213331.8607A-100000@server.gslink.com>

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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Steve Schwartz wrote:

> > > 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?

I don't think you'll be able to boot some of those partitions, even if 
you add more.  All of those partitions need to start below 1024 
cylinders.  And I don't think you're running LBA (are you?).

You really need a second disk.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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