Subject: Re: Problem with 1.3/sparc install
To: Rob Deker <deker@digex.net>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/15/1998 17:03:19
That would be fine - its to ensure it gets noted & doesn't drop
through the cracks :)
David/absolute
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Rob Deker wrote:
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:01:28 -0500 (EST)
> From: Rob Deker <deker@digex.net>
> To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
> Cc: netbsd-help <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>,
> "(NetBSD/sparc Maillist)" <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Re: Problem with 1.3/sparc install
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> > (Have cc'ed to port-sparc as well)
> >
> > NetBSD writes a SunOS compatible label onto the disk for the boot
> > prom. Unfortunately SunOS can only allocate paritions in units
> > of cylinders (no partiail cylinders), so NetBSD/sparc also has to
> > starts and end partitions on cylinder boundaries.
> >
> > The error messge should probably be more helpful - could you
> > submit a PR to not this :)
> >
> I suppose I could, but it would be not very much more than "please do
> something for us idiots out here"
>
> :)
>
> rob
>
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