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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject: Re: conf/17207: disktab support for Fuji-MO
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The following reply was made to PR conf/17207; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: Dirk Meyer <dirk.meyer@dinoex.sub.org>
Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: conf/17207: disktab support for Fuji-MO
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:17:21 +1000 (EST)

 On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Dirk Meyer wrote:
 
 >  > Is this still something you would like to see added?
 >  > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=17207
 >
 >  Yes the drive is still working,
 >  and with this entry I can create an ufs on it.
 >  A similar Device (Sony650) is already there,
 >  but only with standard blocksize.
 
 Doesn't the driver know the size and block size of the drive?
 If the driver knows them both, then you don't need a disktab entry,
 and drivers must know at least the block size to work.
 
 Bruce
 

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