Subject: Mkfs and Zip Drives
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Josh Rosenblum <joshrose@leland.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/06/1996 17:10:08
Hi MacBSD team,

	I have searched both the MacBSD and the NetBSD FAQ's for a
solution to the following problem but have not been able to come up with
an answer:  I would like to install NetBSD to a Zip disk, or at least
create user partitions on a Zip.  I have gone ahead and partitioned the
disk correctly, but when I run Mkfs on the new user and/or root
partitions, the file system specs dialog that comes up has all of its
default values (aside from file system size) set to 0.  The instructions
in INSTALL.TXT say to simply follow the suggested defaults, but it appears
that these defaults are not being set properly in this case.  I did notice
a pointer to a section of the general NetBSD FAQ dealing w/ Syquest
drives, but the information there seemed pretty DOS/x86 and Syquest
specific.  I have tried to find physical specs for the Zip to fill in
these file system values myself, but to no avail.  I was wondering if you
had any suggestions as to how to proceed with this file system creation or
if you could point me in the correct direction.  Thanks in advance!

Josh Rosenblum
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