Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 14:01:31 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 97498] [request] newfs(8) has no option to clear the first 128 sectors Message-ID: <bug-97498-3630-x8w8C9nedw@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-97498-3630@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-97498-3630@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97498 Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mckusick@FreeBSD.org Status|Open |Closed Resolution|--- |Rejected --- Comment #4 from Kirk McKusick <mckusick@FreeBSD.org> --- The first few sectors on the partition (8K for UFS1, 64K or 256K for UFS2) are reserved for disk labels and boot code. The newfs utility does not manipulate (and in some cases is prevented from manipulating) this area. The gpart(8) (or disklabel(8)) utility is used to update this area. If it is desired to zero this area, one of these utilities shold be used to do that. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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