Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1995 17:33:20 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: pst@shockwave.com Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/280: new slice manager totally confused about old slice disks Message-ID: <199503290733.RAA21500@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>>Synopsis: the new slice code is bitching about my old slices >1) It looks like the implicit label stuff for unlabeled disks is > non-functional? I cannot ask disklable to read the pseudo-label off > of sd1 So we need the pseudo-label on all BSD slices? Perhaps a read-only one on non-BSD slices? This would make it possible to determine the type and size of all slices using standard ioctls and utilities (fdisk is nonstandard and doesn't support extended partitions). There are some semantic problems with modifiying pseudo-labels. All the slices and labels are currently reread on first-opens to pick up any changes to the DOSpartition table (changes to labels are handled better). Modifications are thus going to be lost immediately (instead of at the next boot) unless you keep another device on the drive open. Bruce
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