Subject: Re: 1.5.3_RC2 swap question
To: Joseph Sarkes <jsarkes@tiac.net>
From: Michael Wolfson <michael@nosflow.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 05/04/2002 10:37:22
At 12:40 PM -0400 5/4/02, Joseph Sarkes wrote:

:)A second note, is that I did the sysinst install method, and it doesn't
:)create an apple partition map, only a netbsd disklabel.

Yes, that's right.

:)I don't recall sysinst being able tosee the preexisting
:)partitions (including an
:)earlier set of netbsd style "Apple_UNIX_SVR2 *" partitions that were
:)working.

Yes, that's right.  If you do a regular install (the first option), it
can't put the root partition on a disk with an APM.

:)Does one have to do a manual system installation on macppc?

No.  The INSTALL notes walk you through the procedure.  You only need to do
a few small steps manually.

  -- MW