Re: preparing netbsd boot straps from gnu/linux

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

gdt%lexort.com@localhost (Greg Troxel) writes:

>It is irregular to not have a disklabel on the netbsd system disk.  I
>don't mean wrong, and I don't mean can't work.  But it is not normal.
>The more you stray from normal, the greater the likelihood of trouble.

It also doesn't work in many cases because the fictitious disklabel
doesn't hold all necessary parameters for foreign filesystems
(and for FFS it's guesswork).


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