Subject: Re: Mkfs and Zip Drives
To: Josh Rosenblum <joshrose@leland.stanford.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/07/1996 10:06:50
> 
> 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.

Try 64 sectors/track, 32 heads/cylinder, and 96 cylinders. This s/t and
h/c pair will give you 1 Mb/cylinder. These are the values my Zip
defaults to during boot.

Take care,

Bill