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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: [NetBSD] installing with DOS
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In article <1993Jun2.205119.995@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>You can't put
>BIOS accessed information (like the stage 2 boot from Julians boot blocks
>which come with NetBSD, or the NetBSD disklabel) outside of the accessable
>range for the BIOS access of the disk.

PS: This includes the bad track table, which lives at the end of the disk,
so you will have problems with bad144 if you have to use it on a drive
after cylinder 1024 if you are using Julian's boot blocks.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
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