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From: dvdjns@netcom.com (David Jones)
Subject: Re: Can NetBSD-0.9 and DOS get along?
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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 06:16:42 GMT
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When the SCSI card is installed and I attempt to boot with the kernel
copy I get the "insert file system disk" prompt. As soon as I press a key to 
continue the booter reports on my hardware config.  The scsi card is never 
found even if I tell the CMOS that my IDE drive is not installed.  And what 
seems odd to me is that the booter reports that the IDE drive is installed
when I tell the CMOS that it is not.  Anyway, after the booter reports
on the hardware the computer locks up before the file system floppy is
even accessed.

I do admit that I didn't specify the UNIX partition as type 0xa5....
How does one do that? Fdisk doesn't seem to be able to do that. Do you
have to use something like Norton Disk Doctor??