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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Free/NetBSD & DOS
Message-ID: <2hhirm$m1f@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 94 21:03:50 GMT
References: <shBAtNS00VBNE3f488@andrew.cmu.edu>
Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT
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In article <shBAtNS00VBNE3f488@andrew.cmu.edu>,
Timothy J Kniveton <tim+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
>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.

Use the pfdisk tool in the tools/dos directory on the site where you
got FreeBSD to get the correct geometry.  It doesn't (usually) require
installing another operating system just to FDISK your machine.

>my question is this:  a> is the best method to get FreeBSD to work
>with DOS?  

You're on the right track.



Nate

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