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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!news.mathworks.com!hookup!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!news.UVic.CA!uglx!gtimuss From: gtimuss@uglx.UVic.CA (Gary Timuss) Subject: Re: mounting MSDOS partition <solved> Message-ID: <1995Feb4.020932.19228@sol.UVic.CA> Summary: solved Sender: gtimuss@uglx.uvic.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: uglx.uvic.ca Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada References: <1995Feb3.081325.25989@sol.UVic.CA> Date: Sat, 4 Feb 95 02:09:32 GMT Lines: 11 When disklabeling a MSDOS partition, I had tried to start it at cylinder 0. Cylinder 0 is reserved for partition information, so the /etc/disktab offset should be cylinder 1. Many thanks to those in the mailing-list who pointed this out to me. Gary -- gtimuss@csc.uvic.ca CSCU Secretary <A HREF=http://www-engr.uvic.ca/~gtimuss/>Gary's Home Page</A>