Hello,

Sorry if this seems like a basic question, but I don't understand what 
the "ST506" disk type is for. I am in the process of re-installing NetBSD 
on my system and my previous disk labels said the type was "ST506". My 
system has a 3.1 and a 2.0 GB EIDE-type drive installed. Is "ST506" 
something I want to use with these devices? 

I was looking at the source code for disklabel on a 1.2.1/i386 system and 
saw some other types of disk types that I could select, but most of them 
didn't have descriptions explaining their use/purpose. I saw that ESDI was
an option, but I believe "ESDI" stands for Enhanced Small Device 
Interface and is only found in some of IBM's PS/2 systems (that's not 
what I have -- my system is a Dell Pentium system with a PCI bus).

If anyone could give me some more information on what the various disk 
types are for, I would appreciate it!

Thanks,

Brian

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