Nevermind. (I feel stupid now!) I grabbed the first 8k from the wrong 
tape image... the (right) way (I think) should be:
# dd if=tk50-file1-12G of=/usr/mdec/dboot bs=512 count=16

PS: Don't shoot me until I get my bullet-proof vest on!

Thanks for all your help!
Chris.

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On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Chris Craft wrote:

> Ok, rd0 works, but trying to write the bootblocks I get:
> "disklabel: Bootstrap doesn't leave room for disk label"
> 
> On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Bertram Barth wrote:
> 
> > > > Disklabel croaks with: "disklabel: /dev/rra0c: Device not configured"
> > > > 
> > > 
> > >   Is this under 1.2C or 1.2G?  1.2C had real problems labeling disks that
> > > don't already have a label.
> > 
> > I haven't tried recently, but one of "rd0", "/dev/rrd0c", "/dev/rrd0d",
> > or "/dev/rrd0a" should work.
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > 	bertram
> > 
>