In article <20060904235454.269837d2@ktinos.gov>,
Eye of the Beholder  <eye.of.the.8eholder@gmail.com> wrote:
>I followed the instructions at
>http://www.feyrer.de/NetBSD/bx/blosxom.cgi/nb_20060812_2355.html
>to see what wedges are.
>
>The kernel compiled fine and the result i got is pretty much as the
>dmesg from "SHINY"
>
>If i understand correctly, this method uses "wedge over mbr/disklabel"
>so don't the usual
>limitations exist ?

Yes, exactly. 

>Is there any way to use wedges without mbr/disklabel partitions ?
>When installing NetBSD sysinst uses the usual disklabel, right ?

There will be; I am waiting for some geometry ioctl to be committed
and then I'll commit the EFI/GPT tool from FreeBSD.

>If yes, i guess sysinst will be changed for NetBSD 4+ (maybe 5) to
>include another
>method of partitioning using wedges and withoug using disklabel at all ?

Yes.

christos