Subject: Re: sysinst fix
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/16/2002 15:10:03
At 21:04 Uhr -0500 15.6.2002, Bob Nestor wrote:
>On Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 04:54 PM, Hauke Fath wrote:
>
>>> The "d" partition isn't used by NetBSD for ffs parts since it is the
>>> RAW_PART on other ports.  The mac68k port uses "c" as the RAW_PART. I
>>> think this was a change that was made after 1.3 when the disksubr code
>>> was cleaned up and rewritten.  I seem to recall that "d" was usable in
>>> the mac68k port prior to that change.
>>
>> You've got that backwards:
>
>If I create a disk with an HFS, root, swap and two usr ffs partitions
>they show up on 'g' and 'e' after rebooting, not on 'g' and 'd'.  This
>is with a 1.6-Beta1 system.
>
>I agree if 'd' were enabled it they should show up on 'g' and 'd' as
>they did on 1.3.

Well, I assure you I did not play any dirty tricks to get /var on 'd'.  ;)

	hauke


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