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From: mwilley@xws181.sc.intel.com (Mark F Willey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dual Boot?
Date: 22 Jun 1995 17:13:39 GMT
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In article <3s7hgd$7pm@ussenterprise.ufp.org>, bicknell@vt.edu (Leo Bicknell) writes:

|> >I have used OS-BS on many systems with no problem.  Do you have the latest beta? 
|> >(2.??)  Also, be sure that your disklabel is in the proper place and you offset
|> >your partitions, if required.

|> 
|> 	You lost me.  How would I put my disklabel in different 
|> places?  And what exactly do you mean by offset partitions?

The disklabel position thing may only be specific to the hp300 port.  I remember
that I kept on losing the label because it was writing it to a place that the
kernel did not look by default.  As far as offsetting your partitions, that's
done in the NetBSD disklabel.  "disktab" file, I believe.  The 'd' partition
should be the entire disk, the 'c' should be the section that NetBSD will use
(ID 165).  I would be more specific on this point, but I've forgotten exactly
what your symptoms are.  ;-)

first step, though, is to get the latest beta of OS-BS.  It may be hard to find.

Mark

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