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From: teo yi-wei <yiweiteo@eesn23.ews.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Re: Problem with partitioning
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Is there anyway we could install Minix on such a hard drive or do we have
to change the drive?

Also with respect to my previous post, does anyone know what the following
error mean:

installboot: unexpected EOF on /dev/hd2


On 5 Jun 2000, Martijn van Buul wrote:

> It occurred to me that bmarcum@iglou.com wrote in comp.os.minix:
> > If you want to use the rest of the drive for Minix, create a partition from
> > 523 0 0 to 875 255 63.
> 
> This will not work, due to the fact that Minix can not handle accesses to disks
> beyond 6.something GB. 
> 
> Martijn -Hmm. This *is* a FAQ!-
> 
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