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as much as openbsd and linux share in common, I'd bet if you made your boot
partition under the 400+mb limit everything would boot fine... and this
would go for a boot manager as well... the bootable code has to be within
the limits of the hardware for it to be bypassed (for lack of better
words)...
jamie
-----Original Message-----
From: Fergus Hayman [mailto:fhayman6767 AT home DOT com]
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:46 AM
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: DISK
Hi
I've recently installed DRDOS on a 486 laptop 8 megs ram. The
Harddrive is about 380megs. I have a 6 gig drive but the bios only
recognizes about 472 megs under dos . I Installed the latest AST
Powerexec bios update i could find . Is there a way to get around this
limitation , with a boot partition or something. I tried an FTP of OpenBSD
on the larger drive .( IT recognized the 6 gig drive)and it wouldn't boot
past the set tty screen. I figured it might be looking for some of the data
outside the bios boundry. I might try it again using a 450meg Openbsd
partition to see if it will boot.
The laptop of course has no cdrom . The 3com pcmcia card i have works
well from the openbsd boot disk. I scanned the DRDOS network drivers and
didn't see anything for pcmcia cards. Win3.11 dosn't appear to have anything
for this card either--- 32bit .
Regards Fergus
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Fergus Hayman=20
[mailto:fhayman6767 AT home DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, July 07, =
2001 10:46=20
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DISK<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I've recently =
installed=20
DRDOS on a 486 laptop 8 megs ram. The Harddrive is about =
380megs. I have a 6 gig drive but the bios only =
recognizes=20
about 472 megs under dos . I Installed the latest =
AST =20
Powerexec bios update i could find . Is there a way to =
get around=20
this limitation , with a boot partition or something. =
I tried=20
an FTP of OpenBSD on the larger drive .( IT recognized =
the 6 gig=20
drive)and it wouldn't boot past the set tty screen. I figured =
it might=20
be looking for some of the data outside the bios =
boundry. I=20
might try it again using a 450meg Openbsd partition to see if =
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The 3com=20
pcmcia card i have works well from the openbsd boot =
disk. I=20
scanned the DRDOS network drivers and didn't see anything for pcmcia =
cards.=20
Win3.11 dosn't appear to have anything for this card either--- 32bit =
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