Subject: Re: LFS Help
To: None <mike.long@analog.com>
From: Peter Galbavy <peter@wonderland.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/26/1996 08:20:33
> >mount_lfs: Operation not supported by device
>
> You need to change the partition type in the disklabel to BSD_LFS
> instead of BSD_FFS.
This bit I never understood. Why is it useful to have the *type* of
file system stored (and restricted to) in the disklabel ? Surely various
mount programs etc can look at magic number etc before working ?
Pros ? Cons ?
In all ignorance,
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