Subject: Installing from DOS partition
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jose Alburquerque <jose@alexandria.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/21/1997 16:31:05
Hi.  I'm trying to install NetBSD on my Pentium.  I've managed to download
all the binary sets necessary, the floppy images, and utilities.  I've
also been able to partition my hardrive to make room for NetBSD.  The only
problem I have is that I don't have two floppy drives.  Is it possible to
install NetBSD from a DOS partition?

Another question not related to the first ist that under DOS (using fdisk
and pfdisk) my disk geometry is:
   263 255 63 (Cyls, heads, Sectors)

But the NetBSD install kernel reports:
   673 5 126 (Cyls, heads, Sectors)

Which one should I use?  (My harddrive is a 2063 MB IBM DORS-32160W !#
Drive).  Any help would be *greatly* appreciated!  Thanks.

-Jose

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