David Friggens <david@mcs.vuw.ac.nz> writes:

> I grabbed the files from
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/macppc/netbsd-pdisk
> and tried to create NetBSD Root and Swap partitions.
> 
> I tried netbsd-pdisk.macppc-1-6 when I booted from the INSTALL kernel
> of the 1.6Q snapshot I have (20030331) but it will only set the Root 
> flags - there's no option to set Swap (or Usr) flags.

That's weird.  Maybe I uploaded the wrong binary.  I'll download
it and do a quick test.

> 
> So I tried netbsd-pdisk.macos-10-2 under OS X (10.2.1) and it asks me 
> which flags to set, but it claims the map isn't writeable and won't 
> write any of my changes.

You have to run it as root, and you probably want to kill the
autodiskmount process first.  It can be restarted by typing
/sbin/autodiskmount -va

> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks
> David

Darrin