Subject: Re: Disk Formatter for Quantum!?
To: Armen Babikyan <synapse@lethargy.mit.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/31/1997 11:37:25
> > The last time I used Spot On, I thought it was able to partition drives. If
> > so, why are you trying to use HD Setup? Just make MacOS partitions, and use
> > Mkfs to turn them into the needed NetBSD partitions.
> 
> you can do that? just make hfs partitions ahave Mkfs turn them into NetBSD
> partitions? last time i tried this (accidently), Mkfs crashed. is there a
> new version of Mkfs that lets you do this?

Mkfs, from about version 1.4 something, has been able to do this. Well,
it's supposed to. If it doesn't it's a BUG.

If you can, try it again. If it keeps failing, we need to know about it.

Take care,

Bill