Subject: Re: Boot Sequence, partitions, labels, etc.
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From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/16/2003 09:53:23
> Is disklabel(8) capable of putting a disklabel on anything other than 
> the first netbsd slice?
> 
> I tried using other bsd partitions to refer to other dos slices but it 
> seems as though "disklabel [-r] /dev/rwd0?" will always write it's label 
> to the same place.  That is, "disklabel /dev/rwd0e" appears to be the 
> same label as "disklabel /dev/rwd0f".

No, and if you try hard enough (eg flip the partition type with fdisk)
you discover that it will always set the kernel to use the new label.
This can cause it to move the base of a mounted FS......

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk