Subject: Re: sysinst
To: port-mac68k <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Nigel Pearson <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/08/2002 10:11:07
Frederick Bruckman wrote:
> Another thing threw me for a loop, but it seems to be the fault of the
> Booter, rather than sysinstall. Booter 2.0.0a10 uses a wierd heuristic
> for determining the root partition, while it ignores bzbFlags.
I don't think we have ever had an install tool that sets these flags,
so the Booter had to do its best to guess the partition.
Bob theorised:
> I wonder if this feature got into the Booter because of a
> mistake I made in Mkfs years ago (that has been corrected).
Do tell. What mistake?
If someone can give me the details of these flags,
I can make the Booter use them.
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