Subject: Re: ZIP instructions (was: problem w/ NetBSD on a Powerbook Duo 230)
To: Nico van Eikema Hommes <hommes@ccc.uni-erlangen.de>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/25/1998 12:11:17
Nico van Eikema Hommes wrote:
>      Hi All,
> 
> >1. I partitioned a new Zip disk using the (patched) Apple HD SC Setup.  The
> >space I alotted to each partition was:
> >Swap: 6 Mb
> >Root: 14 Mb
> >Usr: 76 Mb
> >HFS "MacOS": 2 Mb
> >This is intended to be a small system!  After all, a Zip disk contains only
> >slightly over 98 Mb of useable space.
> 
> This reminds me of the ZIP step-by-step install instructions that I wrote
> some time ago. Among other things, it describes a better filesystem setup.
> The file used to be available on the MacBSD servers but seems to have been
> replaced by the very brief original ZIP-howto which IMNSHO may be helpful
> for an experienced NetBSD hacker but is likely to confuse a new user (which
> is why I wrote my version :-)
> 
> Does anybody know what happened to it?

It's still there, but it's a little hard to find.  I'll see if I can move
it to a more prominent place.  Here's the current URL:

http://www.macbsd.com/macbsd/macbsd-docs/notes/zip.txt

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - PMD                 Intel Corporation
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