> > partition> W
> > Label disk [n]? y
> > disklabel: warning, partition b: offset % cylinder-size != 0
> 
> The problem appears to be that the 'b:' partition does not start (or
> end) exactly on a cylinder boundary.  That's what this message is telling
> you.  Apparently disklabel considers this more of a problem than the
> 'warning' message indicates.

The 'sun' label that the information is actually stored in (on sparc)
has fields for cylinder numbers, not sector numbers.  So the partitions
have to be cylinder aligned.

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk