Subject: Re: Formatting a drive
To: Henry B. Hotz <hotz@jpl.nasa.gov>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@zembu.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/21/2001 17:51:09
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Henry B. Hotz wrote:

> >Mac68k systems ALWAYS have the whole disk as partition c, regardless of
> >the partition map or disklabel on there.
> 
> Just an odd thought:  Could you newfs the c partition and mount it to 
> use the whole disk as a single partition?  Probably something would 
> object. . .

Depends on how many Apple partitions are on the drive. Assuming none,
the Apple partition map will take up only the first three sectors (one
since it's an Apple partition map, one for the Partition map entry, and
one for the free space entry for the rest of the disk).

Take care,

Bill