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Date: 09 Aug 1996 13:17:00 +0100
From: chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
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References: <96221.1609533CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>
Subject: Re: NetBSD-1.1 (i386) and hard disk..
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Hello

In article <96221.1609533CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>, 3Cqbjoz (3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu) wrote:

> I have NetBSD-1.1 (i386) running on a Dell machine with 1.6Gb
> eide disk. Before intstalling the system, three partitions were
> made using pfdisk:
>   1. DOS (100Mb)
>   2. NetBSD (800Mb)
>   3. NetBSD (700Mb)
>
> since the system was/is installed in partiton 2, is there a way
> to make file system on partition 3 and mount it under the file system
> OR I have to have single partiton of 1500Mb?

There can be only ONE *BSD partition on any physical disk.
You have to create one large 1500MB partition of type 0xA5.

-cr
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Christoph Rimek, Kiel, Germany  (+49 431 57601)      chrimek@toppoint.de