Subject: Re: sd3: not queued (using ccd) Do I have problems?
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
List: port-sparc
Date: 02/28/1996 13:13:33
>> Yes, I know why you offset by one cylinder.  What I mean is, I wish
>> you didn't have to waste a whole cylinder of space.
> When I wrote the ccd(4) manual page and said "one cylinder", that was
> meant as a guideline.  I don't particularly care if you only offset 4
> sectors ... just make sure that you don't overlap the component's
> disklabel.  You can certainly make it less than a cylinder if you
> wish.

How?  ccd AFAICT has no way to not begin at the beginning of its
component partition, and - at least for those of us stuck with vendor
boot ROMs on Suns (and this _is_ port-sparc) - partitions must begin on
cylinder boundaries.

I suppose I should stop grumbling and patch ccd to do what I want, that
is, to skip the first few sectors, either (a) if ccdconfig is told to,
(b) if the component partition offset is zero, or (c) always....

					der Mouse

			    mouse@collatz.mcrcim.mcgill.edu