> >The disk has a varying number of sectors per cylinder. A lot of hitech OSes
> >like CP/M, MSDOS or Un*xes can't cope with such a revolutionary scheme, so
> >it tries to map its sectors to a fictitious set of fixed numbers of sectors
> >per track per head, which leaves a reminder.
> >
> >Nothing to worry about. Really.
> 
> i figured out as much, but it seemed as tho the unix was fussing about this
> fact and coredumping in response.

It fusses, but it shouldn't dump core.

> does this mean i have to have a 'usr' partition in the first place?
> at the moment i only have the standard root&usr single part, not separated
> root (1) usr(2).

No, you can keep things all in the same partition. It works well for me.

> >
> >2) If you allocate more (e.g. MacOS) partitions on the disk, make sure the
> >netbsd partitions come first; the kernel cannot see more than eight of
> >them. If you fiddle with a netbsd partition afterwards, it is appended to
> >the END of the partition table and may disappear from the kernel's sight.
> >
> 
> aha. that may be a problem. do driver partitions count?

Yes, but I thought we fixed that in time for the 1.2 release. The kernel
should now be checking the first 32.

Take care,

Bill