Sun Managers:
Original question:
>How come any sun disk you can start partition 'a' at cylinder 0 and make
>a file system on that partition without overwritting the disk label?
>
>I thought the disk label is at track 0 cylinder 0.
Answer:
The Sun filing system knows about the label and leaves space for it when
newfs'ing partition a. However using the raw device ie /dev/rsd2a bypasses
the file system mechanism and is liablew to corrupt your label
Thanks for all that responded!
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--- Ron Henderson (rwh)
rwh@lightnet.com
LightNET, Inc. - A UNIX and Networks Company
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