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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!news.uoknor.edu!ns1.nodak.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!uw-beaver!uhog.mit.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!concert!rutgers!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!news.csos.orst.edu!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!news.uoregon.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Free/NetBSD & DOS Message-ID: <2hhirm$m1f@pdq.coe.montana.edu> Date: 18 Jan 94 21:03:50 GMT References: <shBAtNS00VBNE3f488@andrew.cmu.edu> Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 25 NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <shBAtNS00VBNE3f488@andrew.cmu.edu>, Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> wrote: >i am currently running FreeBSD. when i was installing, i couldn't get >a DOS partition to work. i heard that the FreeBSD boot disks have >problems finding the correct geometry, and to use the linux boot disks >to get the right geometry, then use FreeBSD to install. Use the pfdisk tool in the tools/dos directory on the site where you got FreeBSD to get the correct geometry. It doesn't (usually) require installing another operating system just to FDISK your machine. >my question is this: a> is the best method to get FreeBSD to work >with DOS? You're on the right track. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | Freely available *nix clones benefit everyone, nate@cs.montana.edu | so let's not compete with each other, let's work #: (406) 994-4836 | compete with folks who try to tie us down to home #: (406) 586-0579 | proprietary O.S.'s (Microsloth) - Me