Subject: Re: disk partitioning
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
From: Frank van der Linden <frank@fwi.uva.nl>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/06/1996 15:33:41
Quoting Darren Reed,

> Well, looking at my mount points (again):
> /dev/wd0a           30206    24414     3376    88%    /
> /dev/wd0s3a         76239    16131    54009    23%    /opt
> /dev/wd0s2e        265310   249630    -5544   102%    /usr
> /dev/wd0s3g         98479    33211    57390    37%    /usr/local
> /dev/wd0s3e         39950    13820    22934    38%    /var
> /dev/wd2s4a         31279    11233    18483    38%    /netbsd
> /dev/wd2s4e        248335   107127   128792    45%    /netbsd/usr
> /dev/wd0s3f         39950      204    36550     1%    /netbsd/var
> /dev/wd0s3h         98479       23    90578     0%    /netbsd/usr/local
> /dev/wd0s1         101560    86070    15490    85%    /dos/c
> /dev/wd2s1         205380   175704    29676    86%    /dos/d

> (wd0 has 3 DOS partitions, first is DOS, next two are BSD)

I think you're creating some confusion by naming these "DOS" partitions;
they're "partitions present in the MBR", and can be of any type.

I agree that NetBSD should be able to deal with multiple BSD partitions
pointed to from the MBR. But I don't think it should be _necessary_
to go this route.

- Frank