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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Where does Ultrix put the partition tables for RA[2568][01235]s?
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Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 22:46:15 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 26 22:46:15 1987
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In article <7954@brl-adm.ARPA> rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>I always thought that using the odd blocks between the bad sector
>info (DEC bad144 format, the first five even block of the last track)
>would be a good idea.

The current Berkeley kernels put pack labels, including partition
information, in sector zero.  On some disks this is the only place
you *can* put them.

Pack labels may well be in the first BRL 4.3-upgrade distribution.
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