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From: nate@cs.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Subject: Re: Disklabel Grief
Message-ID: <1993Apr30.220146.15933@coe.montana.edu>
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 22:01:46 GMT
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I wrote:
>
>I screwd up.  I accidentally wiped out my boot partition.   (Don't ask,
>it's too embarassing).

Sigh...  

Rule #1.  Even if it worked before, doesn't mean it you saved the correct
info.

Rule #2.  Always make sure all of the information is correct.

I had somehow made a 'd' partition waaay back when that had an offset,
instead of being the whole drive it was something all-together 
different.

Anyway, disklabel kept writing the labbel at that offset (in the middle
of my swap partition).

It was doing what it was supposed to do, but not I.

Thanks to all who responded,

Nate

 
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