Subject: Disklabel, fdisk, etc...
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Jon Lindgren <jlindgren@espus.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/12/2000 15:15:10
I'm curious as to how disklabel/fdisk work together or with the native
disklabels on different ports.

AFAIK, it seems to go like this on i386:

	fdisk creates "standard" DOS style partitions.  One of these
partitions has a disklabel created by disklabel, which defines partitions 
usually used by NetBSD (/, /usr, /var, etc...).

What I'm curious to find out is:

	1) How this works on other ports (very interrested in vax, alpha,
sparc, mac68k, but I'd always love tidbits on ports I don't run...)

	2) How this works for floppies, removable media, etc...

	3) Any juicy details, tips, ideas, random thoughts.

	4) How does disklabel/fdisk work with native disklabels?

Is there a FAQ anywhere regarding this?

tia!

-Jon
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