> Windows can't access beyond 8 GB; NetBSD can.  So NetBSD will have to
> go and sit on the end of the disk.  However, the root filesystem
> needs to be contained under the 1024 cylinder limit.

This almost certainly is not true; only the _boot_ filesystem needs to
be thus contained.  Using your root filesystem as your boot filesystem
is a convention and a convenience, but nothing more.  My laptop boots
from wd0a but has root on wd0e, for example, for reasons similar to
what you describe.

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