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