Actually, this will work just fine if you use ``newfs -o ...'' - the -o
makes it create "old-style" (BSD4.3) partition which the installer can
handle just fine.

On Mon, 22 Dec 1997, Michael G. Schabert wrote:

> 
> 
> On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Ken Nakata wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 21:09:40 -0500 (EST),
> > "Michael G. Schabert" <mikeride@prez.buf.servtech.com> wrote:
> > > I no longer keep mkfs around, so I just
> > > went into NetBSD & newfs'd it.
> > 
> > If you do this, you may find the Installer unable to mount the
> > partition (or worse, Installer may even trash the filesystem; it
> > happened to me once before).
> 
> I know...I only used that on the new /home partition. If I were going to
> put a whole new NetBSD system up, I would definitely find the 5 minutes it
> takes to get mkfs. I was just being lazy with the knowlege that the newfs
> wouldn't be any trouble just on that partition.
> 
> Thanks for the warning, though,
> Mike
> 
> 

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