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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 1996 15:28:51 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, j@uriah.heep.sax.de
Subject:   Re: invalid primary partition table: no magic
Message-ID:  <199602010428.PAA10717@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> >Well, what about those that are about to get a label the next second?
>> >New vn devices are often created by dd'ing the appropriate amount of
>> >data out of /dev/zero.
>> 
>> You can ignore the problem or dd an MBR or dd just an 0xAA55 signature.

>Hmm, but the first access does always cause this message.

You can edit the file before vnconfig'ing it.  You can also run fdisk -u
on the file to partition it.  This is a good way to learn how to use
fdisk (start with an MBR with random garbage on it and fix it).

>> That's right, they are expected to know enough to ignore the problem
>> or to use a binary editor to avoid it :-).  I get it all the time
>> for floppies and have been ignoring it.

>:-)

>(Run a ``make release''.  The doFS.sh tries to optimize the file
>system usage.  Be as nitpicking as i am about kernel messages, so i'm
>getting all of them logged onto any xterms where i'm logged in.  Now
>you know why i'm complaining... :)

Complain to the author of doFS.sh :-).

Bruce



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