From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 00:39:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 453D916A4BF for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailspool.ops.uunet.co.za (mailspool.ops.uunet.co.za [196.7.0.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEE0743FE9 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 00:39:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ianf@za.uu.net) Received: from copernicus.so.cpt1.za.uu.net ([196.30.72.32]) by mailspool.ops.uunet.co.za with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19xM3B-000N6Q-00 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:39:33 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=za.uu.net) by copernicus.so.cpt1.za.uu.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 19xM38-000PW5-00 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:39:30 +0200 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Ian Freislich X-image-url: http://www.digs.iafrica.com/gallery/ian-small.gif X-BOFH: true X-LART: Depleted uranium X-No-Junk-Mail: I do not want to get *any* junk mail. You have been deleted. Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:39:30 +0200 Message-ID: <98088.1063265970@za.uu.net> Sender: ianf@za.uu.net Subject: Why does bsdlabel autogenerate the 'a' partition? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 07:39:36 -0000 Hi Why does the bsdlabel program autogenerate the 'a' partition? If I edit the disk label removing all partitions except for 'c' and then save it, a subsequent read of the disk label shows an 'a' partition has been made covering the whole disk. Even if I make another partition using the whole disk, it still makes 'a', which has to be deleted to create other partitions because of the resulting overlap. Ian