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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.uoknor.edu!news.nodak.edu!netnews1.nwnet.net!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!news1.alt.net!news.exodus.net!aimnet.com!news2.aimnet.com!usenet From: Donald Wolfe <vcsdw@aimnet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: dos/Freebsd on 1 gig ide drive Date: 7 Feb 1996 07:45:08 GMT Organization: Aimnet Information Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <4f9la4$d64@news2.aimnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dial-bel1-20.iway.aimnet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit) I am attempting to install FreeBSD on a 486 with two ide drives, one of which is 200 meg, and the other, which is 1 gig. What is the best way to set up the disk partitioning if I want to use about 400 meg for dos, and the remainder with FreeBSD? My bios does support large drives, above the 528 meg limit for dos. Dos fdisk, however will not access anything above about 500 meg on the second drive. Drive specs for the large drive are as follows in cmos setup: 2,100 cylenders, 16 heads, 63 sectors, for 1,083 meg. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. Please respond by email to dw@vcsnet.com. -- Don Wolfe