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re: History of disklables



> Do our VAX disk drivers for Unibus/Massbus hardware retain the compiled
> in partitioning as a fallback?  Without it, it'd be tough to even read
> old Unix filesystems without modifying the disk contents (to write either
> an Ultrix or 4.4BSD label into place).

dkctl(8) in modern netbsd would make this fairly simple i'd think.
simply create a transient wedge.


.mrg.


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