Re: Formatting FAT32 newfs_msdos returns read-only file system

To: P Gman <patrickgunsolley%gmail.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: Formatting FAT32 newfs_msdos returns read-only file system
From: RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:12:39 +0000 (UTC)

On Mon, 21 Sep 2026, P Gman wrote:

Partition table:
0: Primary DOS with 32 bit FAT - LBA (sysid 12)
   start 1, size 3906963455 (1907697 MB, Cyls 0-243197/57/60)
       PBR is not bootable: All bytes are identical (0x00)


You can't start a MBR partition on sector 1 (ie. track 0) on HDD-type media.
Start on track 1--or sector 2048 as per the alignment it wants to be in.

-RVP

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