Re: partitioning & install help on late PowerBook

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi Valery,

I will try to go your route,  because it looks simpler given that I dont
need any Mac compatibility.


Valery Ushakov wrote:
> MBR with FAT and NetBSD partitions should be doable with just the
> tools you have on the install CD.
> 
> 1. Erase the beginning of the disk.  1MB is probably already an
>    overkill.
> 
> 2. Use fdisk to create the MBR label and two partitions.  The first
>    one is FAT32.  I used 2GB for mine so that I can throw in a backup
>    kernel and sets and what not, but a smaller one will do if you only
>    use it for the tiny ofwboot.

Up to here it was easy....
my headache is h (or should it be e) the FAT partition.

> 3. Create netbsd disklabel.  That's the tricky part b/c I can never
>    remember the right options to make it create one and make it stick.
>    I have to re-learn it every time :)

Here it looks easy, I see in disklabel c, I can create a & b as usual.

If I understand correctly, the "start" of a is inside the NetBSD #2
partition, not really the start of the disk.

Actually, if I use mbr: "c" is the whole NetBSD slice and "d" would be
the whole disk (not seen within disklabel).

However I had to create a at cylynter 65, not 0...

I created a & b but then am told that a and c overlap and b and c
overlap. But if a+b=c isn't it true?
and a+b+h (or e?) = d

My other issue is "h", it should be mapped to the MSDOS partition a, right?

In the partitioning examples it is shown that disklabel "recognizes" the
FAT partition.

So, yes, confusing business here.

Riccardo