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From: dsilvia@blunt.net.com (Dave Silvia)
Subject: Re: NetBSD Install
Message-ID: <1993Apr26.214637.29296@unet.net.com>
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 21:46:37 GMT
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In article <C5yKws.GxF@willamette.edu> hferrin@willamette.edu (Heather Ferrin) writes:
>I'm not sure this is the best place to put this, but until (if ever?)
>NetBSD gets a news group...
>
>In the install process, the question "overwriting disk with dos
>partition table? (n)" come up right after I say that I truely do want to
>install the system.
>

I've seen this posed a couple of ways in postings.  I'm just posting this to
clarify.  This is _not_ part of NetBSD install per se.  It is part of the
system utility 'disklabel' (both NetBSD and 386bsd).  Sometimes it's difficult
to see the tree for the forest!;^}

Dave S.