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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