J.D. Bronson to dieter and netbsd-help@netbsd.org about Re: i386 ISO boots...:

> >This is in the FAQ for the i386 port.
> >http://www.NetBSD.org/Ports/i386/faq.html#determining_geometry
>
> This is all fine, but I dont have a floppy drive. :(
> Since this a scsi drive, I dont even have access to old DOS.

I don't think it needs to be dos. You can probably use some linux cd and
use linux fdisk to create a DOS-style partition table and then look at the
geometry.

hth,
dieter

> I read the FAQ and obviously either I am missing this, or it was not of
> much help. I hope someone out there has experience with similar equipment
> to what I have....then hopefully they will offer further information.
>
> I have the same trouble with other versions of *bsd, but freebsd.
>
> Perhaps I should install Freebsd on this drive to get the MBR setup so that
> netbsd can 'read' it ? .....
>
> :-/
>
>

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