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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Dos Partition Mount
Date: 1 Oct 1996 09:59:22 GMT
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <52pium$14h@newsbr.eunet.fr>,
fgm@osinet.fr (Frederic G. MARAND) writes:
> Vlad D. Nebolsin <nebo@glas.apc.org> wrote:
>>Resume: DON'T MOUNT >400Mb DOS PARTITIONS or you will nuts with deadful
>> system.
> Actually, ithe limit is not 400 Mb, but around 500 MB (I guess it is
> 528 MB, but someone had better confirm/infirm). It has to do with the
> bios boot code. More details were given (must have been last year) in
> Unix Reviiew.
It's >= 512 Mb ;O
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....