>For some reason I cannot find the fdisk command on my newly installed NetBSD
>machine
>
>NetBSD  1.5 NetBSD 1.5 (GENERIC) #1: Wed Nov 29 00:29:52 MET 2000
>root@flambard:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC sparc
>
>Any ideas ??? Surely this basic command *is* included on NetBSD
>
>Any assistance is appreciated

no fdisk on sparc.  the makefile for fdisk says:

.if (${MACHINE} == "i386" || ${MACHINE} == "bebox" || ${MACHINE} == "cobalt" ||\
    ${MACHINE} == "ofppc" || ${MACHINE} == "hpcmips" || ${MACHINE} == "arc" ||\
    ${MACHINE} == "prep")
PROG=   fdisk 
SRCS=   fdisk.c
DPADD+= ${LIBUTIL}
LDADD+= -lutil
.endif

so sparc doesn't get one.  disklabel and installboot should do it all
for you.

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