Subject: Re: newfs, libsa, ide and the Booter
To: David A. Gatwood <dgatwood@gatwood.net>
From: None <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/19/2002 10:51:17
> 
> > 	Correct. The magic number is still wrong, though it appears to
> > contain a large number instead of 0.
> 
> Have you checked to see if the magic is written in reverse endianness?

	Good thought. These are the numbers:

fs magic = 16711680, FS_MAGIC = 72020

or	   0x00FF0000		0x11954

(that is from libsa/ufs.c. The Booter's old read_ufs.c gave magic=0)

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