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Date:      Thu, 12 Oct 2000 12:59:54 +0000 (UTC)
From:      naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber)
To:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem with FreeBSD on AlphaStation 255/233
Message-ID:  <8s4cka$2ptq$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010111751020.52023-100000@beppo.feral.com> <200010120144.SAA12166@usr09.primenet.com>

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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote:

> > SRM doesn't grok MSDOS partitions, and SRM is the only supported boot montor.
> 	IF the Alpha distribution can create something that can't
> 		be booted by the only supported boot monitor
> 	THEN yes, the tools are broken.

But that's not the case.
Even if you wanted to, you couldn't use sysinstall on alpha to
create a sliced disk.  There is only the "L)abel" menu option.

-- 
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de



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