Subject: Re: sysinst fix
To: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/15/2002 21:04:22
On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 04:54 PM, Hauke Fath wrote:
>> The "d" partition isn't used by NetBSD for ffs parts since it is the
>> RAW_PART on other ports. The mac68k port uses "c" as the RAW_PART. I
>> think this was a change that was made after 1.3 when the disksubr code
>> was cleaned up and rewritten. I seem to recall that "d" was usable in
>> the mac68k port prior to that change.
>
> You've got that backwards:
If I create a disk with an HFS, root, swap and two usr ffs partitions
they show up on 'g' and 'e' after rebooting, not on 'g' and 'd'. This
is with a 1.6-Beta1 system.
I agree if 'd' were enabled it they should show up on 'g' and 'd' as
they did on 1.3.
-bob