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to: WILL HONEA
from: MIKE FRITZ
date: 1998-04-28 22:42:00
subject: 1024 cylinder

WH> Finding Boot Manager doesn't do much good if it can't access what
WH> it is supposed to load.  If you use the OS/2 FDISK, you will find
WH> that current versions will not allow you to set a partition as
WH> INSTALLABLE unless it resides entirely within the first 1024
WH> cylinders as defined to OS/2.  Boot Manager will also reject any
WH> partiton not completely within the first 1024 cylinders - in fact,
WH> it will probably not even list the option even if you managed to get
WH> it set.
But, I don't have my OS/2 partition entirely within 1024 cyls.  It
only starts within this limit. 		Mike Fritz
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