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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