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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: NetBSD install1.fs1 chokes
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Thu, 6 May 1993 16:46:01 GMT
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References: <1rr0ke$snp@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <1rrlnk$6dp@urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> <DERAADT.93May1173014@newt.fsa.ca>
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In article <DERAADT.93May1173014@newt.fsa.ca> deraadt@fsa.ca (Theo de Raadt) writes:
> > But these cylinder boundary calculations are really anachronisms. Leave that
> > to a computer program !!!!!!!

> The install program does not know about the DOS partition information.

I don't think that's what he's getting at. He just wants to be asked:

	"You have 340MB available. How many MB do you want for
	 root? For usr? For swap?"

Then let the package figure a close boundary.
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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