> This statment sounds like Mkfs 1.4 *never* sees the last partition on the 
> disk, and that's not true.  Some disk formatters create the disk 
> Partition Map such that the last partition isn't seen by Mkfs 1.4 (and 
> even some versions of MacOS).  Not all disk formatters do this, and if 
> you're using one that does a proper job of creating the Partition Map, 
> Mkfs 1.4 will see all the partitions - including the last one.

oops.  sorry about that :)  I didn't realize that it wasn't universal.  I'm 
using hdsc.

rick