Subject: Re: Where did fdisk go ???
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Steven Grunza <steven_grunza@ieee.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/17/2001 11:38:03
Perhaps the response to this question (Where did fdisk go) is another question:
   For what reason do you want it?

At 11:27 AM 9/17/2001 -0400, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >For some reason I cannot find the fdisk command on my newly installed NetBSD
> >machine
> >
> >NetBSD  1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #1: Wed Nov 29 00:29:52 MET 2000
> >root@flambard:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC sparc
> >
> >Any ideas ??? Surely this basic command *is* included on NetBSD
> >
> >Any assistance is appreciated
>
>no fdisk on sparc.  the makefile for fdisk says:
>
>.if (${MACHINE} == "i386" || ${MACHINE} == "bebox" || ${MACHINE} == 
>"cobalt" ||\
>     ${MACHINE} == "ofppc" || ${MACHINE} == "hpcmips" || ${MACHINE} == 
> "arc" ||\
>     ${MACHINE} == "prep")
>PROG=   fdisk
>SRCS=   fdisk.c
>DPADD+= ${LIBUTIL}
>LDADD+= -lutil
>.endif
>
>so sparc doesn't get one.  disklabel and installboot should do it all
>for you.
>
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