Subject: Re: Disklabel(5)/(8) ??
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: M.R. Zucca <mrz5149@cs.rit.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/08/1996 21:56:00
>- for the future where MacOS isn't necessary to boot NetBSD.
>
>Admittedly that last is a bit of a reach, but I honestly hope not too
>unrealistic.

Unfortunately, we'll never be 100% rid of the Mac partitioning scheme. We'll
need at least the partition map and two or three sectors that look like
an HFS partition to get the ROMs to boot from the root drive.


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 Michael Zucca - mrz5149@rit.cs.rit.edu - http://www.rit.edu/~mrz5149/
 "I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose Freewill. "
  --Rush, Freewill
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