Subject: Re: Problem with 1.3/sparc install
To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
From: Rob Deker <deker@digex.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/15/1998 20:07:09
On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, David Brownlee wrote:
okie dokie....time to "man sendpr"
;)
rob
> That would be fine - its to ensure it gets noted & doesn't drop
> through the cracks :)
>
> David/absolute
>
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>
> On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Rob Deker wrote:
>
> > Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:01:28 -0500 (EST)
> > From: Rob Deker <deker@digex.net>
> > To: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
> > Cc: netbsd-help <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>,
> > "(NetBSD/sparc Maillist)" <port-sparc@NetBSD.ORG>
> > Subject: Re: Problem with 1.3/sparc install
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, David Brownlee wrote:
> >
> > > (Have cc'ed to port-sparc as well)
> > >
> > > NetBSD writes a SunOS compatible label onto the disk for the boot
> > > prom. Unfortunately SunOS can only allocate paritions in units
> > > of cylinders (no partiail cylinders), so NetBSD/sparc also has to
> > > starts and end partitions on cylinder boundaries.
> > >
> > > The error messge should probably be more helpful - could you
> > > submit a PR to not this :)
> > >
> > I suppose I could, but it would be not very much more than "please do
> > something for us idiots out here"
> >
> > :)
> >
> > rob
> >
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"Off the keyboard, through the CPU, | deker@digex.net
out the transceiver, down the rj45 | Senior Operations Engineer
line, across the router, through |
the Hub, out the gateway. |
Nothing but net." |
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