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From: gebhart@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Ralf Gebhart)
Subject: Re: [386BSD] Disklabel help and large drives (1.7 gig)
References: <1992Dec10.171917.20431@decuac.dec.com>
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 13:53:35 GMT
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In article <1992Dec10.171917.20431@decuac.dec.com> darryl@sai.com writes:
>
>I know this is a FAQ which I have read, but I can't seem to partition
>my disk to anything but the default.  What am I doing wrong?   Do
>I need a disktab entrie to match my disk, before disklabel will work?
>Does the partition relate to fdisk format?
>
>
>Also does 386BSD have any problem supporting drives larger than 1 gig?
I'm currently using a 2 GB Disk in my 386BSD box and all of the 2 GB for
386BSD, so it works :). 
As far as I know ref.tfs.com has also a larger disk than 1 gig.

Ralf