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+  <sect2 arch="sparc"><title>Partitioning for &arch-title;</title>
+<para>
+
+Make sure you create a <quote>Sun disk label</quote> on your boot disk.  This is
+the only kind of partition scheme that the OpenBoot PROM understands,
+and so it's the only scheme from which you can boot.  The
+<keycap>s</keycap> key is used in <command>fdisk</command> to
+create Sun disk labels.
+
+</para><para>
+
+Furthermore, on &arch-title; disks, make sure your first partition on
+your boot disk starts at cylinder 0.  While this is required, it also
+means that the first partition will contain the partition table and
+the boot block, which are the first two sectors of the disk.  You must
+<emphasis>not</emphasis> put swap on the first partition of the boot
+drive, since swap partitions do not preserve the first few sectors of
+the partition.  You can put Ext2 or UFS partitions there; these will
+leave the partition table and the boot block alone.
+
+</para><para>
+
+It is also advised that the third partition should be of type <quote>Whole
+disk</quote> (type 5), and contain the entire disk (from the first cylinder
+to the last).  This is simply a convention of Sun disk labels, and
+helps the <command>SILO</command> boot loader keep its bearings.
+
+</para>
+  </sect2>
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