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Date:      Wed, 29 Mar 1995 23:46:20 +1000
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, gvrooij@mmra1.ms.philips.nl
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com, jkh@freefall.cdrom.com, pst@shockwave.com
Subject:   Re: kern/280: new slice manager totally confused about old slice disks
Message-ID:  <199503291346.XAA01384@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> problems if the file system extends into the lost sectors.  Most such
>> problems are avoided by specially handling the 50000-sector "whole
>> disk for FreeBSD" partition table.

>Eh? What's tyhe magic behind 50000?

Either Julian or a Mach developer though of a number and put it in the
boot block.  This number is still with us 2.5 years later.

Bruce
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