Subject: Re: Booter doesn't find ufs slice, neither
To: Torsten Kuehn <tkuehn@websurf.pcom.de>
From: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/21/2001 15:58:03
tkuehn@websurf.pcom.de
>Bob, sorry for using term 'ffs' and 'ufs' synonymously, but I've always (as
>mentioned in previous mails) formatted NetBSD slices using MacOS-Mkfs,
>so *both* installations reside on supported filesystems.
>Guess the point should rather read "How to keep Installer & Booter from
>attempting to mount 'foreign' partitions"? [such as AU/X, BeFS, Ext2FS]
Why worry about it unless it leaves you unable to access the partitions
you really want to? The Installer and Booter won't do anything to the
partitions unless directed by the user. And when you get to the point of
running a kernel you control what gets mounted through /etc/fstab.
-bob