Chris Jones writes:
> Okay, so you're saying that, in order to do a fresh install of NetBSD on a
> disk, I should do approximately the following:
> 
>1) Run pfdisk or fdisk or something, to establish that NetBSD gets all of
> the disk except the first track of the first cylinder, and to find out
> what the MBR geometry is.

Yes. You needn't, in fact, partition the disk -- simply zeroing the
MBR and creating a clean new one using a DOS utility is sufficient.

>2) Run sysinst, and tell it what the MBR geometry is.

No.

Sysinst will figure it out properly on its own if you have a decent
MBR in place. You needn't tell it.

Perry