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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!mcsun!sunic!seunet!tvt-k!paul From: paul@tvt-k (Paul Pries) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: HELP.. Disklabel, Disktab, newfs problems Message-ID: <1992Nov3.125315.7051@tvt-k> Date: 3 Nov 92 12:53:15 GMT References: <1992Nov1.195837.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> <1992Nov1.181354.231@tvt-k> <87GZ02nv29EN01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Organization: >Televerket Utbildning, Utf Lines: 19 gpw10@phoenixcd.amdahl.com (Gary Ward) writes: [Stff deleted] >You are correct in that you should not be using the "d" partition, but >it has nothing to do with DOS. The d partition is "traditionally" used >to reference the *entire* disk, and the SCSI driver expects that. The >"b" paritition is also "traditionally" swap, at least on the first disk. >I just avoided both of these letters and had no problem. There must be a lot of traditions. ;-) I've always thougt it was the "c" partition that was used to reference the whole disk. All of our Sun workstations are partitioned that way. The only place I've seen the "d" partition reserved is in 386BSD... But, as you say, to avoid using "b","c" and "d" partitions is kind 'a good advise. At least if you don't know exactly what you're doing... Stay cool. /Paul.