In message <Pine.NEB.3.95.970128223015.519A-100000@black-star.demon.co.uk> you wrote:

> On 26 xxx -1 k3050e7@c210.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Is it possible to install riscBSD on a 1GB HD after a 512MB ADFS
> >partition? I havn4t got the new filecore (only RISC OS 3.5), and I don4t
> >want to boot from a floppy-disc.   
> 
> This should work but the ADFS (RISCOS) partition may have to be slightly
> smaller than 512MB so that bb_riscbsd can set up the disc for RiscBSD
> installation. I used an 850MB drive and a 3.2GB drive on RISCOS 3.5 where
> the ADFS partitions on both disks were below the 512 boudary and
> the RiscBSD partitions above the 512MB boundary without any problems. 
> 
> Once you are installed the bootloader runs from RISCOS so there is no need
> for a floppy boot. The catch is a copy of the kernel is required in RISCOS
> as well as in RiscBSD which can awkward if you are compiling your own
> kernels.

Sorry, not sure I understood all of it. Does what you say imply that I 
can't use a 2GB drive with, say, 1GB for RiscOS and 1GB for RiscBSD ? 
Note that I have the new filecore (RO 3.7).


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Thomas Boroske