Subject: Re: fdisk in 1.6.1 vaxcd.iso?
To: SHAUN RIPLEY <vax3900@yahoo.com>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/15/2003 22:53:53
On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 10:41 PM, SHAUN RIPLEY wrote:

> Hi,
>   I installed netbsd 1.6.1 in SIMH but failed to
> locate the executable file "fdisk". How do you guys
> partition a new disk then? Thank you.

disklabel.  VAXes were designed way before an MBR came into
existance.  A VAX would be very unhappy a MBR and DOS partition
table on it's disk.
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