Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 16:42:48 +0000 From: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org> To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: what do the bytes 85 170 at location 510 in the fs image mean? Message-ID: <3AC9FD88.34CEF268@aurora.regenstrief.org>
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Hi,
I am looking at the PicoBSD build/Makefile wondering what this
awk 'BEGIN {printf "%c%c", 85, 170}' | \
dd of=$(FS_NAME) obs=1 seek=510 conv=notrunc
is supposed to do. I mean, I understand what it does, but not
why it needs this kind of magic?
Why don't we just vnconfig the file of the right size,
disklabel, newfs and the mount it just like we would do with
a plain physical disk?
I'm still having strange magic problems with the DiskOnChip
flash and this magic could be a critical hint.
thanks,
-Gunther
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Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow@regenstrief.org
Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistent Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
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