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Old 29th January 2012
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... (although it doesn't prove anything )
That is for sure !

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Can I prepare a "protofile" in advance, edit *that* file and then, from
Athe install CD shell, just load the edited copy? And what exact command should I use?
I think you can, and it's a good idea. I haven't used protofiles much, but from the man page example it looks like the command is

# disklabel -R wd0 protofile

(assumes wd0 is your disk). As an experiment you might try that with a protofile that has not been altered in any way, and see if it still works. Another issue is to be sure you can access the protofile from the install CD. Since we're worried the disklabel slice entry at this point doesn't match the disk partitions, you might have to put protofile on an ext2 and see if you can access it from the install CD shell. This too could be tested before doing anything for real.

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However, i think I'll wait a bit, to have a really fresh mind when I do it
Always a good idea.

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... to boot directly to NetBSD. However, never mind...
Could be a topic for another thread at the right time.
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