Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 19:37:16 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: jhb@freebsd.org (John Baldwin), Mikhail Teterin <mi+celsius@aldan.algebra.com> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis Message-ID: <200210251837.g9PIbGiI077709@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1035570070.77196@thuvia.demon.co.uk>
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> From: jhb@freebsd.org (John Baldwin) > Date: Fri 25 Oct, 2002 > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libdisk Makefile chunk.c write_alpha_dis > Huh? The da0 is repetitive, too. Look at my fstab: > > /dev/ad0s2b none swap sw 0 0 > /dev/ad0s2a / ufs rw 1 1 > /dev/ad0s2g /usr ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/ad0s2f /tmp ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/ad0s2e /var ufs rw 2 2 > /dev/ad0s1 /windows msdos ro,noauto,longnames 0 0 > > isn't it pretty obvious why the 's2' is there? No. The 's' seems to stand for 'partition index', and if you're lucky the '2' will be the current index (from an origin of '1', I think, I can never remember, especially seeing all those '0's around) into the MBR partition table for a partition with type 0xa5. But maybe it won't be tomorrow. I know my system will boot tomorrow because by specifying /dev/da0a I'm more closely echoing the algorithm used by other operating systems on the disk to locate their partitions. Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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