On 17-Dec-2007 jakllsch@kollasch.net wrote:
>> What would a NetBSD "boot" partition be for?
> 
> I'm not sure ... what was it created for originally?

Prep uses this to denote the magical partition that contains the special prep
boot image.  Thats what I use it for at least, and it seems to fit IMHO.

#        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
 a:   3869000      9863     4.2BSD   2048 16384 22400  # (Cyl.      9*-   3878*)
 b:    525626   3878863       swap                     # (Cyl.   3878*-   4404*)
 c:   4404489         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -   4404*)
 e:      9800        63       boot                     # (Cyl.      0*-      9*)

Partition table:
0: Linux/MINIX (sharing disk with DRDOS) or Personal RISC boot (sysid 65)
    start 63, size 9800 (5 MB, Cyls 0-0/156/35), Active
1: NetBSD (sysid 169)
    start 9863, size 4394626 (2146 MB, Cyls 0/156/36-274/42/33)

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Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
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