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From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: freebsd won't install from 2.1.5 cdrom
Date: 4 Dec 1996 03:02:45 GMT
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curt.finch@tkg.com wrote:
: I've partitioned my Dell Win95 HD into two 1 meg portions,
: 1 for WINdoze and 1 for Freebsd.  They show up currently
: as the C and D drives in both Windows and MSDOS.  If I

Yes, I think the fellow who responded to you originally had the correct
idea.  On drives > 1024 cyl, I had to put BSD on the first slice and
Win95 on the second slice > 504.  Win95 would still boot okay.

HTH

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