On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:14:35PM +0100, Robbert Haarman wrote:
> > > http://inglorion.net/documents/tutorials/ccd/.
> >
> > labeling section is wrong.
> > one MUST never use 'c' partition.
> > one MUST always make an 'a' (for example)
> > to skip first cylinder (at least).
>
> That's true for real disks, but it doesn't seem to be true for ccd
> devices. If it were true, ccdconfig shouldn't be setting the c partition
> to type 4.2BSD, either. I use the c partition created by ccdconfig on
> one of my ccd devices, and, so far, it works without problems. From what
> information I have been able to gather from the web, it works for
> others, too. I will add a warning, but I don't think my labeling section
> is _wrong_. Of course, if somebody who actually knew the implementation
> details about ccd could weigh in, that would resolve the issue.
it is wrong.
by using 'c' partition one may endup trashing real disk's label.
DO NOT USE 'c' PARTITION.
cu
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