On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 08:11:43PM +0000, Ryan M. McConahy wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm trying to get NetBSD working with a GNU/Linux system. I downloaded the binaries and install disks for NetBSD-1.5.2, and put them on my ext2 partition.
> 
> With the install kernel, is it possible to mount the ext2 partition to get the sets?

Yes. Use 'mount -t ext2fs ...'

> 
> If that works, can I put NetBSD above cyl. 1024? And if I do, how do I boot the kernel? Can it be booted above cyl. 1024, or do I have to put it on my boot partition?
> 
> Here's my partition layout, if it can help:
> 
> hda1	(boot)	primary	ext2	8mb
> hda5	main	logical	ext2	~18500mb
> hda6		logical	ext2	~25
> hda7		logical	OpenBSD	1500
> 
> The OpenBSD partition is from when I tried to install OpenBSD. It never worked right, because it was above cyl. 1024. Can that, or the BSD disklabel that goes with it, be useful?

I gues it's not because it's over cyl 1024 but because it's not in a primary
partition.
NetBSD can boot from cyl > 1024, but it has be to a primary partition.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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