Hi guys at FWB. Yes the AUX partitioning tools ARE useful. I used FWB
Primer to format my disk to install NetBSD on my mac se/30. Keep the
feature. It's needed for mkLinux too. There are other tools but it's an
argument for us to buy your product.

>I sent mail to fwbinc@aol.com on this -- if you also have a need for AUX
>partitions (e.g., for NetBSD), why not also let him know?
>
>>From: David Mackler <dmackler@netaxs.com>
>>Subject: FWB Partitioning Response
>>To: mklinux-setup@mklinux.apple.com
>>Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 19:59:11 -0400 (EDT)
>>Reply-To: dmackler@netaxs.com
>>Sender: owner-mklinux-setup@ltg.apple.com
>>Precedence: bulk
>>
>>I wrote FWB about their dropping support for AUX partitions in
>>HDT 2.0. Here is their response:
>>
>>Perhaps if a few others wrote back and explained why this feature
>>is not "virtually useless", we might get it back...
>>
>>Forwarded message:
>>> From FWBINC@aol.com  Wed Oct  2 23:45:24 1996
>>> From: FWBINC@aol.com
>>> Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 23:44:53 -0400
>>> Message-ID: <961002234451_200840309@emout03.mail.aol.com>
>>> To: dmackler@netaxs.com
>>> Subject: Tech support reply
>>>
>>> David,
>>>
>>> I'm sorry but v2.0 doesn't support them either. Versions up to and including
>>> v1.7.7 supported A/UX 2.0 partitions but it was my understanding that these
>>> were virtually useless to most people.
>>>
>>> If you can make a persuasive case for why you need them I may be able
>>>to push
>>> the issue on software engineering.
>>>
>>> Joel McKinnon
>>> Technical Support Rep
>>> FWB Software LLC
>>> (fwbinc@aol.com)
>
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