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From: hlu@retro.lanl.gov (Henry Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Can anyone help me?
Date: 8 Oct 1996 22:57:42 GMT
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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I am considering to install netBSD in my PC:
cyrix 686 p150+, AMI motherboard, 32MB mem, Western digital cavilier HD 1.6GB (EIDE),
diamond 64 Vram 2 MB video, PS/2 mouse, patition table as below:

1. win/dos, 400MB
2. linux  300MB
3, empty, 200MB for netBSD
4, extension
5, dos
6. linux

I intend to use patition 3 for netBSD.

Can anyone tell me of any forseeable trouble I have?  I am linux and sparc
user for a while, , pretty new in system administrater area. Thanks.

Henry H Lu
honglu@rt66.com