Re: Formatting FAT32 newfs_msdos returns read-only file system

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

jdbaker%consolidated.net@localhost ("John D. Baker") writes:

>That depends.  I routinely start MBR partitions in sector 1.  Only in
>a couple of cases has that been rejected, although I forget the context.


For most systems sector 1 is the disklabel sector, which is write
protected. You can work around that (see disklabel -N|-W) but it
usually leads to other compatibility problems.

Skipping the first "cylinder" is what most systems live with or even
expect.