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From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: disk partitons in 386BSD
Date: 30 Apr 1993 12:51:06 -0500
Organization: Armstrong Lab MIS, Brooks AFB TX
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In article <GENE.93Apr30082115@stark.uucp> gene@cs.sunysb.edu!stark (Gene Stark) writes:
}
}The wd driver interprets the "d" partition specially as "the whole BSD area".
}Very embarrassing results can occur if the "d" "partition" is mounted at the
}same time as another normal partition, and attempts to do this should produce
}warning messages on the console.
}
}This has been explained a number of times here, is it in the FAQ?  For more
}information, have a look at /sys/i386/isa/wd.c
}

  Yes, it is explained in the new FAQ.  In some detail too, as I recall.

The reference is in "2.5.1 Partitions".  If this section of the FAQ is
unclear to the untrained reader, then let me know and I will beef it up a
little more.


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