Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:16:32 +0200 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: strange newfs results Message-ID: <20090612151632.GD48776@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <permail-20090612080837f0889e84000055aa-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de> References: <permail-20090612080837f0889e84000055aa-a_best01@message-id.uni-muenster.de>
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--hPgXaKTTpTvPowxx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Alexander, * Alexander Best <alexbestms@math.uni-muenster.de> wrote: > 1. pax -w -f /dev/ad0p2 . > 2. file -s /dev/ad0p2 -> POSIX tar archive > 3. newfs -U -L usr /dev/ad0p2 > 4. file -s /dev/ad0p2 -> POSIX tar archive I'm not a file system expert, but doesn't newfs leave the first few KB's of the file system untouched, to store a boot loader? This means that the first few bytes of the disk still contain the POSIX tar archive magic. --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --hPgXaKTTpTvPowxx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoycVAACgkQ52SDGA2eCwXLRgCeLZmFrHqMklnDEbnAk1fhzDUG iQMAn0SlJvwkvuf3MhC0A1dCApsyuHwx =iJ2E -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hPgXaKTTpTvPowxx--
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