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From: Bruce Evans <bde>
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Subject: cvs commit:  src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot disk.c
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bde         96/12/10 06:07:43

  Modified:    sys/i386/boot/biosboot  disk.c
  Log:
  Give up early for empty partitions.  The offset for an empty
  partition is 0, which is outside the slice unless the disk is
  dangerously dedicated.  There is little error checking later, and
  following garbage metadata outside the slice usually caused crashes,
  Empty 'a' partitions are fairly easy to create by cloning the label
  for the whole disk.
  
  Fixed a missing newline in a related error message.
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.23      +7 -3      src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/disk.c