Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 20:32:44 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disklabel -- owner? Message-ID: <l03020904af8170d271bb@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <19970421203928.LG60164@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <199704211655.JAA13746@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Apr 21, 1997 09:55:21 -0700 <E0wJ84k-00012z-00@rover.village.org> <199704211655.JAA13746@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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At 19:39 +0100 21/4/97, J Wunsch wrote: >The magicness of the `c' partition simply solves the chicken-and-egg >problem for an unlabelled disk. I agree that it doesn't necessarily >need to be a pseudo-partition, but either way, you'll end up with >basically the same as there is now (since you need a minor number for >it anyway), so why change the traditional method? POLA. Don't you also need it for bad144'ing? -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
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