>Number:         3267
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       disklabel manpages does not mention sparc/sun3 gotchas
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 28 04:20:02 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David Brownlee
>Organization:
<a href="http://www.mono.org/>Monochrome</a>
>Release:        Dec 10 1996
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD orwell.southern.net 1.2B NetBSD 1.2B (GENERIC) #11: Tue Dec 10 00:24:14 MET 1996 pk@flambard:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC sparc


>Description:
	On sparc (& I believe sun3) disklabel normally produces a sunos
	compatible disklabel. The partitions _must_ start and end on
	cylinder boundaries, but there is no mention of this in the
	disklabel manpage. Also using disklabel -r can cause Bad Things
	to happen (with respect to wanting to boot from the drive).

>How-To-Repeat:
	Setup a disklabel with partitions not on cylinder boundaries, then
	wonder why it cannot be written.
>Fix:
	Add notes to the manpage.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: