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<font size="2"><b>On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:24:08 -0600, Michael wrote</b>
<br /><span style="font-family: monospace;"><span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">></span></span>Thanks for your help. Something I don't understand is how come I
got
the problem after doing 3 fresh installs and
<br />> then trying to
"upgrade",
but as soon as I followed your directions using my 4.3 cd,
installboot
worked fine?
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<br />I am clueless. My last guess -- sector location and the BIOS -- turned out to be wrong. Googling for hard disk size
<br />and BIOS can find all sorts of architectural limitations that have been reached throughout the x86 architecture's
<br />history -- e.g.:
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<br /> http://www.storagereview.com/guide2000/ref/hdd/bios/size.html
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<br />But unfortunately, none are near 6GB, where your "a" partition lives. :(
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