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To: darrenr@cyber.com.au
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Subject: Re: Incompatible slices. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Feb 1996 00:51:46 +1100."
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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:12:58 -0600
From: "Erik M. Theisen" <etheisen@TECLink.Net>
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The difference's are because of BIOS geometery.  FreeBSD correctly
uses the BIOS geo for partition layout.  NetBSD does it own thing
based upon a default partioning scheme layed out in the 1st stage
loader. Or it uses it idea of the drives native geo.  We need to
work on getting this resolved.  It has caused newcomers serious
grief. Plus it's partioning scheme is not PC OS compatible.

	1) Partion geo should always be layed out in the MBR in
	   exact same geo that DOG would use.
	2) The actual size should be used, not 24MB.
	3) Same goes for beginning/end addresses.
	3) The first track as defined by DOG should be skipped.

erik