Subject: Re: ffs conversion problem
To: Nathan Raymond <nate@portents.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/04/2000 17:37:56
On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Nathan Raymond wrote:

> I recently installed netbsd-1.4.2 on an LC475 (with full 040) I just 
> got, and I thought since the Mac installer makes an ffs of type 1 by 
> default and newfs makes one of type 2, I should convert the root file 

Note that making such a change makes the filesystem unusable by the
installer, and you might have intermittent difficulties with the
booter. Both of those applications were made using code which only
understands type 1 ffs's.

Take care,

Bill