Re: newfs_msdos on install media ?

[John Nemeth <jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost>]

On Dec 24,  7:36pm, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
} On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:32:24PM -0600, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
} > On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 07:09:50PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
} > > 
} > > I tried to setup a gpt boot on a 4Tb disk, following
} > > http://www.netbsd.org/~mishka/gptboot/howto.html
} > 
} > These instructions are obsolete.  Booting NetBSD from GPT w/ PC-BIOS
} > doesn't require a FAT file system.  I believe the method described at
} > https://wiki.netbsd.org/users/jakllsch/gptboot/ still corresponds to the
} > current architecture.
} 
} thanks. But msdos/FAT16 is still required for UEFI, isn't it ?

     Yes, it is.  So newfs_msdos should be on the install media.

}-- End of excerpt from Manuel Bouyer