Subject: Re: pdisk(8) updated to create root/user/swap partitions
To: David Friggens <david@mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
From: Darrin B. Jewell <dbj@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 04/28/2003 00:31:40
"Darrin B. Jewell" <dbj@netbsd.org> writes:
> 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.
Well, I just downloaded the binary from the ftp site and retried it.
It works for me. If you choose to create a new partition or change or
set the type to Apple_UNIX_SVR2 it should ask you how to set the bzb
values to choose root/swap/user
Darrin