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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6343 ; Fri, 08 Jan 93 07:02:51 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!ipgaix!peppe From: peppe@ipgaix.unipg.it (G. Vitillaro) Subject: [386bsd] Disk partitioning Message-ID: <1993Jan10.191353.186875@ipgaix.unipg.it> Organization: Universita' di Perugia Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 19:13:53 GMT Lines: 56 I'm going to install 386 bsd on my home machine in the next weeks. My hardware: clone 486DX 33Mhz AMI Bios, 256Kb cache, 16Mb RAM, OPTI chipset (I believe) LongShine LCS-6631(F) SCSI controller emulating a WD 1003/1006 Fujitsu M26225-512 320Mb SCSI disk ID=7 IBM 00663L12 1Gb SCSI disk ID=1 (both disk are attached to the LongShine controller, that handle both HD and FD as it was a WD controller) Adaptec 1542B (with standard setup) with no SCSI devices attached for now (I plan to attach to it a TANDBERG TDC 3660 150Mb/250Mb tape next week on SCSI ID 2) Trident 2.1 SuperVGA passthru attached to an ATI 8514 Ultra graphics card (both with 1Mb of display memory) NEC 4FG Display Logitech Mouseman 3 buttons serial attached mouse (emulating a Microsoft). I have some questions: 1) It is the current release of 386bsd going to work on my hardware? 2) Does exist an X server working at 1024x768x256colors available for one of my cards? (8514 in particular) 3) The second of my disk has 1944 tracks. DOS is obviously able to see only the first 1024 tracks (504Mb) of my disk. It is 386bsd able to see tracks greates than 1024? My idea is to install 386bsd on the first disk and mount 500Mb from the second. Any hint about a better partition scheme? My controller may remap part of the second disk on the first, but I'll loose perfomance I believe. Please e-mail any answer to me, as I'm not (for now) a regular follower of the group. Regards, Peppe -- Giuseppe Vitillaro - IBM SEMEA | E-Mail : peppe@ipgaix.unipg.it University of Perugia Italy | 06100 Perugia Phone:+39.75.585-2200 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All comments/opinions are mine and don't represent those of IBM