>   | I believe that you'd need a custom kernel without
>   | COMPAT_386BSD_MBRPART to actually do that, though.
> 
> I don't think so, the kernel will use a 169 if it is found, the
> COMPAT option just allows it to fall back to a 165 if there is
> no 169.

That is also my understanding of the kernel code.
The kernel has no support for partition relative 165 partitions.

	David

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