On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, El JoPe Magnifico wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Paul Goyette wrote:
> 
> All I have access to is Apple's HD SC.  
> It can't swing this kind of maneuver, can it?

I'm not sure, since I use FWB's Hard Disk ToolKit (which does NOT sort).

> > Well, NetBSD also supports only 8 partitions on a single device...
> 
> Ah, but that's 8 _NetBSD_ partitions (isn't it?) not overall partitions,
> of which I have a hodge podge on this drive.

That's 8 Unix (alright, A/UX) partitions.  We don't and can't tell the
difference between Linux vs NetBSD partitions, AFAIK.

> > Another disk drive?  They're rather inexpensive these days.  :)
> 
> How would the Booter know to use that drive though?
> If it goes along the SCSI chain from the lowest ID, it'll still catch
> on the Linux partition on the internal drive.  If it's random, well,
> that would make the original "roulette" subject line appropriate.  ;)

NetBSD's booter takes a SCSI ID number as one of its parameters, and it
will only look at that drive.  

> Besides, I've sunk enough money into the Zip, 4GB internal, and an '040
> that the budget is a little thin at this point.



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