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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: brandon@roguetrader.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: disklabel fstype changes from 4.4BSD to System V?
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>8 partitions:
>#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
>  c:  2070357        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 -19169*)
>  e:  2070357        0    4.4BSD        0     0     0   
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I can write and save it without receiving any errors.  However, viewing
>the disklabel again shows that partition e has mutated to:
>
>  e:  2070357        0  System V                        # (Cyl.    0 -19169*)

"4.4BSD" is not a valid fstype name.  It is misinterpreted as fstype
number atoi("4.4BSD") = 4, which happens to be FS_SYSV.

Bruce