FWIW it won't do this if your kernel is built without ext2fs support.

In muc.lists.netbsd.port.mac68k, you wrote:
>Roger Brown wrote:
>> Thanks for that,
>> 
>> I had previously installed linux-m68k a long time ago, but zapped it because
>> it did not recognize my ethernet card and have since been using NetBSD
>> 1.3.3.
>> 
>> I had been just zapping the partition with mkfs 45 but obviously that is not
>> enough.
>> 
>> I did a low-level format with Apple HD Setup, repartitioned, mkfs, NetBSD
>> installer, and now it appears to work as it's supposed to.....
>
>yeah, it must be setting some kind of bit in the partition table that it
>shouldn't or something like that.  you might want to talk to bob nestor
>about it as he might have some clue as to what is going on with mkfs (or
>at least he might know what bit is/isn't getting set).
>
>glad that helps.
>
>later.
>
>colin
>


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