On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 01:53 AM, Matt Thomas wrote:
>>   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.

   Wow, absolutely true.

   As a matter of fact, conceptually, I find the idea...offensive.

       -Dave

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Dave McGuire                      "My tummy hurts now, but my soul
St. Petersburg, FL                 feels a little better."     -Ed