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From: mjb%hoosier.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Mark Bradakis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: changing /etc/disktab on 9000/800 ??
Summary: Why on earth?
Keywords: disktab partitions
Message-ID: <1990Apr9.122018.19602@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 90 18:20:17 GMT
References: <1486@kuling.UUCP> <530008@hpcuhc.HP.COM>
Organization: University of Utah Computer Science
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In article <530008@hpcuhc.HP.COM> mck@hpcuhc.HP.COM (Doug McKenzie) writes:
>Don't change disktab.  Disk partition information lives in the driver, and
>is still (7.0) not user-configurable.  Disktab is for newfs, etc. to use.  

Is there any valid reason WHY the partition info is coded into the driver?

mjb.


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