Christian F=F6rster wrote:

>chris> Is there any possibility to install NetBSD with Mac OS 9 on the sam=
e
>chris> disk, without erasing the whole disk.
>
>Makoto> I belive by using disklabel (-e wd0) , you can do that, while 
>I am not Makoto> sure.(looks self-contradiction..)
>
>Did not work because vi is missing in the installer kernel :-(
>
>Makoto> i and j are MacOS bootable partition,
>
>Did you create this partion before installing NetBSD or afterwards? 
>How have you managed to install NetBSD on your iBook with MacOS 
>already installed?
>
>Is there a possibility to change  Apple_UNIX_SVR2 Partions (created 
>with Apples disk drive) into 4.2BSD partions, so that sysinst 
>recognizes it?

Chris,

The MkLinux pdisk utility has the ability to do this, but in the standard 
version the code was commented out.  I re-enabled the code and re-built 
the utility for both PPC and Mac68k. I had a report from a 68k user this 
morning that he successfully used it to set up NetBSD partitions on his 
Quadra 650 that were recognized by sysinst and allowed him to complete 
his NetBSD installation.  If you want to give it a try you can find 
copies of the modifed sources and pre-built executables for both Mac68k 
and PPC at:

   ftp://murphy.dyndns.org/pub/map/pdisk.sea.hqx

The file is self-extracting and can be downloaded in ASCII. You'll need 
something like Stuffit Expander or a built-in decompression tool, but 
that's pretty common to Mac users.

Hope this helps,
-bob