Subject: Re: ARM32 MBR?
To: Neil Hoggarth <njh@kernighan.demon.co.uk>
From: Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 07/18/2000 23:12:20
> No, there is no such thing as an "MBR" on NetBSD/arm32 systems. The disks
> don't have "fdisk" style partitions, either.
Sharks appear to have some kind of MBR handling in the firmware, but it
only confuses things. We end up telling people to zero out their boot block
with 'dd', and the shark then finds the disklabel in sector 1 just fine.
Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ best.com