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From: ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: disk program damages OD label
Keywords: omd-1-all
Message-ID: <7027@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 21 Feb 89 15:28:30 GMT
References: <1779@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: aozer@NeXT.com (Ali Ozer)
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In article <1779@mace.cc.purdue.edu> abe@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Vic Abell) writes:
>If you initialize an OD with a single, `a' partition, using the
>"-t omd-all-1" hint supplied by carlton@betelgeuse.berkeley.edu,
>the disk program will damage the OD label when you try to add the
>host name and disk label.

If your disk is built with omd-all-1, then you need to specify this type
when specifying the hostname and label info. For instance:

	disk -H hostname -t omd-all-1 /dev/rod0a

Ali Ozer, aozer@NeXT.com
NeXT Developer Support