On Wed, 29 Jan 1997, Thomas Boroske wrote:

> In message <Pine.NEB.3.95.970128223015.519A-100000@black-star.demon.co.uk> you wrote:
> 
> > On 26 xxx -1 k3050e7@c210.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to install riscBSD on a 1GB HD after a 512MB ADFS
> > >partition? I havn4t got the new filecore (only RISC OS 3.5), and I don4t
> > >want to boot from a floppy-disc.   
> > 
> > This should work but the ADFS (RISCOS) partition may have to be slightly
> > smaller than 512MB so that bb_riscbsd can set up the disc for RiscBSD
> > installation. I used an 850MB drive and a 3.2GB drive on RISCOS 3.5 where
> > the ADFS partitions on both disks were below the 512 boudary and
> > the RiscBSD partitions above the 512MB boundary without any problems. 
> > 
> > Once you are installed the bootloader runs from RISCOS so there is no need
> > for a floppy boot. The catch is a copy of the kernel is required in RISCOS
> > as well as in RiscBSD which can awkward if you are compiling your own
> > kernels.
> 
> Sorry, not sure I understood all of it. Does what you say imply that I 
> can't use a 2GB drive with, say, 1GB for RiscOS and 1GB for RiscBSD ? 
> Note that I have the new filecore (RO 3.7).
With RiscOS 3.7 this is no problem but RiscOS3.5 has the old 512MB limited 
filecore so you cannot have a partition >512MB without softloading the 
new filecore that comes as standard with 3.6 and 3.7.

Mike