> Hi All,
> 	I've just tried to use bb_riscbsd on my new 4.3Gb IDE HDD,
> but the number of cyls comes out negative!. Obviously as the disc
> is so large.
> 
> Is it still safe to use the program, or is there a newer one about
> that copes with larger drives?.

>From my experiences it is still safe, if you do not enter a wrong starting
cylinder for the netbsd portion of the disk. The number of cylinders is only
used for checking that you do not overwrite the Filecore partition.

(I used it on a 6.8GB Maxtor HD, with a 3GB RiscOS partition)

-- 
Peter Teichmann

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