Hi Mark,

On Tue, 12 Nov 1996, Mark Brinicombe wrote:
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> Regarding the installation script used for paritioning ...
> Ok I can understand people not liking the geometry stuff. This geometer stuff
> could be replaced without too much work. ioctls exist to obtain the geometry
> and the start of the RiscBSD part can be found in the same way that the kernel
> does when obtaining the disklabel. Then all that is needed is a simple program
> to ease the choosing of the partitions. Somebody else want to do this or do I
> move this up my priority list ?
> 
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> 
> Users are now getting more involved with the development of RiscBSD (no budding
> kernel hacker yet ?) and I hope some of the fruits of the RiscBSD Documentation
> Project will start to appear soon so hope fully things will get better in the
> next few months.
> 

I am quite experienced with C programming and would like to help out with 
the RiscBSD project where possible. I have no experience in kernel 
programming but am willing to learn if given a few pointers. Something 
like the partitioning and disk geometry should be within my grasp though. 
Unfortunately, I am currently suffering from a serious lack of disk 
space. All my RiscBSD partitions are over 85% full with no more than 60Mb 
spread between them, RiscOS is virtually full, and my PC partition has 
~3Mb free. 
I hope to be getting my hands on a Jaz drive within the next month or two 
(finances permitting) so this should all change allowing me plenty of 
space for code development.

When I have my disk space problems sorted, I will contact you again to 
see what I can do to help out. In the mean time, bear in mind that there 
are people out here willing to help - even if we need a kick to get 
started...

Regards,

Rob Coward.