Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:28:51 +1100 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, j@uriah.heep.sax.de Subject: Re: invalid primary partition table: no magic Message-ID: <199602010428.PAA10717@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> >Well, what about those that are about to get a label the next second? >> >New vn devices are often created by dd'ing the appropriate amount of >> >data out of /dev/zero. >> >> You can ignore the problem or dd an MBR or dd just an 0xAA55 signature. >Hmm, but the first access does always cause this message. You can edit the file before vnconfig'ing it. You can also run fdisk -u on the file to partition it. This is a good way to learn how to use fdisk (start with an MBR with random garbage on it and fix it). >> That's right, they are expected to know enough to ignore the problem >> or to use a binary editor to avoid it :-). I get it all the time >> for floppies and have been ignoring it. >:-) >(Run a ``make release''. The doFS.sh tries to optimize the file >system usage. Be as nitpicking as i am about kernel messages, so i'm >getting all of them logged onto any xterms where i'm logged in. Now >you know why i'm complaining... :) Complain to the author of doFS.sh :-). Bruce
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