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Date:      Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:39:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>
To:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-CURRENT <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: write(2) returns error saying read only filesystem when trying to  write to a partition
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012081738190.78035-100000@turtle.looksharp.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A30F7FD.A6FA069D@newsguy.com>

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On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:

>No, and no. You misunderstand the problem.
>
>A disk on IBM PC compatible computers has the following format:
>
>| Partition table | Data                                            |
>                  | Slice 1           | Slice 2 | Slice 3 | Slice 4 |
>                  | Disklabel | Data  |
>                              |   c   |
>                              |a|b|f|g|

That is really an excellent diagram.  That should be in an FAQ
somewhere.  Doc committers?

-- 
Brandon D. Valentine <bandix@looksharp.net>
"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a
good example."  --  Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson



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