Armen Babikyan wrote:
> > 7 partitions:
> > #         size      offset         fstype    [fsize  bsize      cpg]
> > 
> >   a:         2      167299           unknown              #(Cyl.  1818* - 1818*)
> >   c:     167301          0           unused     0  0  0   #(Cyl.      0 - 1818*)
> >   g:     167155        144           4.2 BSD    0  0  0   #(Cyl.      1*- 1818*)
> > disklabel: boot block size 0
> > disklabel: super block size 0
> > 
> 
> never seen my 4.2 BSD on 'g' partition. what formatter did you use and
> what kind of drive is it? maybe fsck doesn't like 'g' for some reason.

The first "usr" type partition is always placed at 'g'.  That's why it is
showing up there.
 
> what's that 2-block 'a' partition anyway?! it might be some entrails of a
> lazy formatting program. <shrug>

Probably extra space left by the HDSC formatter (it tends to leave a
little free space at the end of drives for some reason I've never
understood).

Later.

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