From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 04:01:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA01878 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:01:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA01856 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 04:01:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pcmgate.pcm.co.za [196.3.254.241] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0uClG0-000aovC; Fri, 26 Apr 96 13:00 EET Received: from IRVINEP5 (irvinep5.pcm.co.za [196.3.226.90]) by pcmgate.pcm.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA03732 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 13:01:30 +0200 Resent-Message-Id: <199604261101.NAA03732@pcmgate.pcm.co.za> Comments: Authenticated sender is Resent-from: "Irvine Short" Resent-to: questions@freebsd.org Resent-date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:55:52 +2 Received: from IRVINEP5 (irvinep5.pcm.co.za [196.3.226.90]) by pcmgate.pcm.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA03572 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:46:56 +0200 Message-Id: <199604260946.LAA03572@pcmgate.pcm.co.za> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: ishort@pcm.co.za Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:41:16 +2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Bad pack magic number Reply-to: ishort@pcm.co.za X-Confirm-Reading-To: ishort@pcm.co.za X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.30) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk OK, I've gotten a bit further by starting at 32 instead of 0 like Seppo said for a boot disk, even though this is not one. Now I have the following: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 669664 32 4.2BSD 0 0 0 b: 0 0 swap c: 669664 32 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0*- 326*) /tmp/EdDk.a003560: 24 lines, 536 characters. disklabel: ioctl DIOCSDINFO: Open partition would move or shrink re-edit the label? [y]: y What have I done wrong now? Thanks in advance. Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Professional Computer Manufacturers Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089