On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 11:15:08PM -0400, Todd Vierling wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Bob Nestor wrote:
> 
> : There's also pdisk from the MkLinux crowd, although I don't know if it's 
> : license would allow this or if it would be a good choice for new users.
> 
> This might work, particularly if it's *IX code that could benefit a
> switchover to sysinst, but...
> 
> : When I was working on a new version of Mkfs I had plans of doing disk 
> : partitioning and got some of the code done.  You can have that if you 
> : want it.
> 
> This might not, given some of the circumstances.  What Dan's really asking
> for is, since I'm trying to make the Wasabi NetBSD CD have a HFS volume (to
> make it point-and-click easy to get to the Installer and Booter programs), a
> MacOS program that could go in the same directory as those two, without
> violating Apple licenses and etc.
> 

For what it's worth, there is a MacOS pdisk version floating around (I
believe it uses the sioux libraries to provide console support). It used to
be on the MkLinux ftp site in a directory called something like "macutils".

Note that pdisk can not format... it can only partition... I hardly think
this will be a problem for your purposes, though... even if I create a
MacOS partition with it, the MacOS invariably asks me if I would like to
format it upon reboot...

A quick search for "MacOS pdisk" on google, turned up this page:
http://www.cfcl.com/~eryk/linux/pdisk/

It looks like the original author, Eryk Vershen, has started to work on it
off and on again (that's his page for it above)... he might be a good
source of information about it :)