prep revision 1.2 
1You will need an AmigaDOS hard drive prep tool to prepare you hard
2drives for use with NetBSD/amiga.  HDToolBox is provided with the
3system software and on floppy installation disks since Release 2.0
4of AmigaDOS so we will provide instructions for its use.
5
6Preparing you hard disk with HDToolBox:
7
8	A full explanation of HDToolBox can be found with your
9	AmigaDOS manuals and is beyond the scope of this document.
10
11	Note you will be modifying your HD's if you mess something 
12	up here you could lose everything on all the drives that 
13	you configure.  It is therefore advised that you:
14
15		Write down your current configurations.  Do this
16		by examining each partition on the drive and the
17		drives parameters (from Change drive type.)
18
19		Back up the partitions you are keeping.
20
21	What you need to do is partition your drives; creating
22	at least root, swap and /usr partitions and possibly at least
23	one more for /local if you have the space.
24
25	This should be done as the HDToolBox manual describes.  One thing
26	to note is that if you are not using a Commodore controller you
27	will need to specify the device your SCSI controller uses e.g.
28	if you have a Warp Engine you would:
29
30		from cli,
31			hdtoolbox warpdrive.device
32
33		from wb set the tooltype,
34			SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=warpdrive.device
35
36	The important things you need to do above and beyond normal
37	partitioning includes (from Partition Drive section):
38
39		Marking all NetBSD partitions as non-bootable.
40
41		Changing the file system parameters of the partitions
42		to NetBSD ones.  This must be done from the
43		partitioning section and `Advanced options' must
44		be enabled.  To Make the needed changes:
45
46		- Click the `Adv. Options' button
47		- Click the `Change filesystem' button
48
49		- Choose `Custom File System'
50		- Turn off `Automount' if on.
51		- Set the dostype to one of these three choices:
52
53			root partition  : 0x4e425207
54			swap partition  : 0x4e425301
55			other partitions: 0x4e425507
56
57		Here `other' refers to other partitions you will
58		format for reading and writing under NetBSD (e.g.
59		/usr)
60
61		Make sure you hit the return key to enter this value
62		as some versions of HDToolBox will forget your entry
63		if you don't.
64
65		- Turn custom boot code off
66		- Set Reserved Blocks start and end to 0.
67		- Click Ok.
68
69		Mask and maxtransfer are not used with NetBSD.
70
71		Until you compile your own kernel your swap partition
72		must exist on the drive that also holds your root
73		partition.
74
75	
76	Once this is done NetBSD/amiga will be able to recognize your
77	disks and which partitions it should use.
78
79>>> Should the miniroot transfer to the swap partition instructions
80>>> go here?
81