Subject: Installation on partitions beyond 4GB limit
To: None <port-amiga@netbsd.org>
From: Petri Koistinen <pkoistin@hit.fi>
List: port-amiga
Date: 10/19/2000 02:16:48
Hello!

It reads in
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.5_ALPHA2/amiga/INSTALL.html

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Caveat: The swap (for installation) and the root partition (if you plan to
use the bootblocks) MUST BE WITHIN THE FIRST 4 gigabytes of the disk! The
reason for the former is that xstreamtodev uses trackdisk.device
compatible I/O-calls, the reason for the latter is that the bootblock gets
a 32bit partition offset from the operating system.
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Is this warning still relevant if I have AmigaOS 3.5 which comes with
those filesystem patches to support bigger harddrives than 4GB. I donīt
plan to use bootblocks. Only installation with xstreamtodev to move
miniroot.fs to swap partition beyond 4GB limit. You think that it will
work or am I going destroy partitions below 4GB limit.

Regards
Petri Koistinen