Re: Dual boot question: Was Re: Bad Magic with WinNT (2000)

[Nick Holland <nick@holland-consulting.net>]

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#14.7

Also:
http://www.holland-consulting.net/tech/ocep/disks.html#bigdisk
 (which is obsoleted by OpenBSD 3.0, but VERY relevant to a 2.9 user)

Nick.

arlen fletcher wrote:
> 
> So, let me see if I understand this....
> 
> I have a 16GB drive partitioned into an 8GB FAT32 partition and an
> unassigned 8GB partition.  My BIOS translates the drive geometry to
> 1024/255/63 (it's really 16383/15/63).  When I try to install OpenBSD 2.9 in
> the unassigned area, fdisk says I have only 1 cylinder in which to install
> (I presume because I'm up against the 8GB limit).  If I change the ID of the
> unassigned partition to A6, fdisk provides the proper offset, but the size
> is limited to 1 or 0.  Entering 1 or 0 results in an error message saying
> that 1 or 0 are not within the allowed range. [sigh]
> 
> My question:  If I reduce the FAT32 partition to 6GB, will I be able to
> install OBSD 2.9 on the remaining 10GB? Or will I only get 2GB (the
> difference between 6GB and the 8GB limit)?
> 
> TIA!!
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