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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!dbased.nuo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!ryn.mro4.dec.com!gidday.enet.dec.com!ashley From: ashley@gidday.enet.dec.com (STEPHEN ASHLEY) Subject: [386bsd] Why not use all disk cyl's? last one unused? Message-ID: <1992Dec4.155856.20502@ryn.mro4.dec.com> Sender: news@ryn.mro4.dec.com (USENET News System) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Date: 5 DEC 92 03:05:18 AES Lines: 19 Gidday there, I have a question regarding the disktab and disklabel commands. FirstI have already installed using the "tiny" boot/install disk on to my maxtor LXT213A IDE drive. This drive is configured like this:- 512B/sec, 38sec/track, 16tracks/cyl, 683 cylinder total. OK when I boot the fixit floppy (to install "real" partitioning) the 'disklabel -r' command reports back that my C partition is like this:- size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] c: 414656 0 unused 0 0 #(Cyl. 0 - 681) This seem odd in that it (386bsd) dosent want to use the last cylinder, Why is this? If I edit up the 'disktab' file with the drv and partition info that I want, can I use this last cyl? Thanks for reading this. Stephen Ashley Alice Springs Out Back Oz.