>Could NetBSD be put above 8 GB and still be 
>HDD-bootable with the new i386 computers?

>I don't even know for sure if DOS can read/write a FAT16 logical
>partition in an extended partition
>where the extended partition crosses 8 GB

I installed FAT16 system, RedHat 7.0 and NetBSD 1.5 onto 10 GB HDD, with no problem.
But when I installed NetBSD onto an extended partition, It did not boot from HDD.

>LILO might be able to boot all three(?)
I think you better think seperately between BIOS and OSes.  Modern OSes don't need
a help of BIOS to access to HDD, then the question is how to boot an OS loader.
OS loaders are independent from OSes and usually made for specific OSes.
So if you investigate LILO, you can know what LILO can do. And when LILO
cannot boot netbsd, you can use a boot floppy. Spanish GAG is recommended.

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K. Takai (kazuhiko_takai@anet.ne.jp)