Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> >You can't put a swap partition there. ext2 and ufs have a couple of
> >unused blocks at the beginning, so they coexist with the disk label.
> >I've always used an ext2 partition at the beginning of the disk
>
> Funny, you say above that it's ok to put a file system partition on
> cylinder zero (and the silo documentation agrees). But here you say
> you had to put a non-partition to keep that cylinder blank.
It's a real partition, just unused, namely:
Device FlagStart End Blocks Id Sy
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
>You can't put a swap partition there. ext2 and ufs have a couple of
>unused blocks at the beginning, so they coexist with the disk label.
>I've always used an ext2 partition at the beginning of the disk
>without problems.
Cool; that's what I thought and
Adam Di Carlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "edmundo" == edmundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> edmundo> I solved it! It boots! And I think the solution should go
> edmundo> into the installation notes somewhere. Please consider adding
> edmundo> something like this. (The crucial and new bi
> "edmundo" == edmundo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
edmundo> I solved it! It boots! And I think the solution should go
edmundo> into the installation notes somewhere. Please consider adding
edmundo> something like this. (The crucial and new bit is the start of
edmundo> paragraph 2.)
Ok, I've
I solved it! It boots!
And I think the solution should go into the installation notes
somewhere. Please consider adding something like this. (The crucial
and new bit is the start of paragraph 2.)
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