Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 14:15:54 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: asami@CS.Berkeley.EDU, bde@zeta.org.au Cc: ccd@stampede.cs.berkeley.edu, current@freebsd.org, rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com Subject: Re: ccd offset, please review + test Message-ID: <199605040415.OAA31451@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> * Grep for RAW_PART in /sys to see where sdXc is special. It's special > * before a label exists (then it's the only partition than can be opened) > * and after a label exists (then the label on it is write protected ...). >Ok, but does that mean anything in terms of using sdXc as a regular >filesystem or as part of a ccd? It means that it's only suitable for a file system if there are no other file systems on the disk, and only suitable for concatenation if it's at the front. > * I use /dev/rsds1 partitioned normally and /dev/rsds[2-4] essentially > * unpartitioned (I have to put a label on them to keep newfs happy but > * mount handles arbitrary block devices with a supported file system > * on them). >So you are saying it's ok to use sdXc, right? Only for one (ufs) file system per disk. Bruce
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