>> They assume that partitions C and D are special, which is only the case
>> on PC-style disks.
>
>And is only true on NetBSD/i386 systems anymore because this bogus
>kludge has been allowed to live long past its reasonable lifetime.

is this becuase only pc users would like to use several operating
systems at once?  or is there another, deeper mystery?

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