Newbie needs help with first time configuration

[Nick !]

On 3/11/07, RandalS <rjs4you at msn.com> wrote:
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> I am trying to install OpenBSD on a 20gb IDE hard drive.  The first
> partition on the drive is a 2gb FAT partition.   What should my starting and
> ending cylinder be?  I wish to install an 18gb partition for OpenBSD.
>
> The existing FAT partition appears to start on Sector 1 and end on Sector
> 254.  And the Bios ending head is 254.

First, have you read http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html?

Second, it would help a lot if you could provide the output of `fdisk wd0`.

It's a tricky process the first time through. I really want to help
you get there though.

-Nick