On Fri, Oct 03, 1997 at 10:37:27AM -0400, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> > : a	root
> > : b	swap
> > : c	whole disk
> > : d	whole disk
> > 
> > Here's something I need to ask.  I remember partition 'd' being the 'whole
> > disk special' for old NetBSD-i386, contrasting with other ports, but is it
> > now "'c' AND 'd'"? 
> 
> I believe the former was incorrect.  'c' is the MS-DOS partition, not the
> whole disk.  Mind you, I think this is just conventional anyway.  If you
> don't have a DOS partition you can use 'c' just like the rest.  Someone
> will correct me if I am wrong.

'c' is the whole 'NetBSD portion' of the disk, 'd' the whole disk, including
possible other (MBR) partitions for other systems.

- Frank