This directory contains the pdisk apple partition map tool.

The pdisk utility in the -current source tree has been updated to be
able to create the A/UX style root, user and swap partitions used by
NetBSD.  This should make installation easier since the tools
discussed in the INSTALL document do not work on Mac OS X.
Furthermore, the tools supplied with OS X do not support creating
A/UX style partitions.

I have also compiled this utility on a NetBSD/macppc 1.6 system
and a MacOS X 10.2.5 system.  These binaries have been uploaded
to <URL:ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/macppc/netbsd-pdisk>

The following files should be in that directory:

   README.pdisk              A copy of this description.
   netbsd-pdisk.macos-10-2   NetBSD's pdisk compiled on Mac OS X 10.2.5
   netbsd-pdisk.macppc-1-6   NetBSD's pdisk compiled on NetBSD/macppc 1.6
   netbsd-pdisk.src.20030424.tgz  An archive of the sources.
   pdisk.cat8                The pdisk man page, with terminal formatting.
   pdisk.cat8.txt            The pdisk man page as a plain text file.

Please direct NetBSD/macppc installation and partitioning questions
to the port-macppc mailing list at netbsd.org.

April 24, 2003
dbj

The following copyright is from the README file in the sources:

    Modifications copyright 2000 by Eryk Vershen
    
    Copyright 1996,1997,1998 by Apple Computer, Inc.
    All Rights Reserved 

    Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and 
    its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 
    provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and 
    that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear in 
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    IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE COMPUTER BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR 
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