Subject: port-sparc64/25943: Use of `fdisk' in Chapter 23 of NetBSD Guide may be i386 specific
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <cresawn@chass.utoronto.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/16/2004 02:24:08
>Number: 25943
>Category: port-sparc64
>Synopsis: Use of `fdisk' in Chapter 23 of NetBSD Guide may be i386 specific
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: port-sparc64-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 16 06:51:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ryan Cresawn
>Release: NetBSD 1.6.2
>Organization:
University of Toronto -
Computing in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CHASS)
>Environment:
System: NetBSD croissant.chass.utoronto.ca 1.6.2 NetBSD 1.6.2 (GENERIC) #3: Mon Feb 9 18:37:36 CET 2004 he@kveite.urc.uninett.no:/usr/users/he/build-1-6/obj.sparc64/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC sparc64
Architecture: sparc64
Machine: sparc64
>Description:
In attempting, but failing thus far, to setup RAID-1 for my SCSI boot
disk I noticed that Chapter 23 of the NetBSD Guide references `fdisk'
as though it is a command found in all NetBSD versions. NetBSD 1.6.2
for sparc64 does not include this command. It is my belief that the
`fdisk' command may be specific to the i386 platform.
View this URL:
http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-rf.html#id3012057
>How-To-Repeat:
N/A
>Fix:
Modify documentation in "23.1. Introduction" and "23.3. Setting up the
second disk" to reflect that `fdisk' is only used on the i386 platform
and add documentation, if necessary, to accomplish similar functions
to `fdisk' on other platforms.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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