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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!tk2x+ From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Free/NetBSD & DOS Date: Wed, 12 Jan 1994 23:30:17 -0500 Organization: Freshman, CIT general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 11 Message-ID: <shBAtNS00VBNE3f488@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po4.andrew.cmu.edu i am currently running FreeBSD. when i was installing, i couldn't get a DOS partition to work. i heard that the FreeBSD boot disks have problems finding the correct geometry, and to use the linux boot disks to get the right geometry, then use FreeBSD to install. my question is this: a> is the best method to get FreeBSD to work with DOS? does anyone have any pointers? b> i have heard that NetBSD works better in this respect and moreover, in general. would it be worth it to back up and then just scrap FreeBSD and go with NetBSD? thanks...