Tom I Helbekkmo writes:
> I've seen PCs that couldn't boot NetBSD in the "whole disk"
> configuration.  (Olivetti and DEC come to mind.)  They insisted on
> a "proper" DOS style partition table, a genuine DOS style MBR, and
> NetBSD installed in a properly defined partition.

The easy way to create these is to boot a dos floppy and run fdisk
from the dos floppy -- it will then create a "real" MBR for you.

I'm going to create a standalone fdisk utility for 1.4 that will make
it possible to avoid booting DOS to do this.

Perry