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[xfs-masters] [Bug 684] Formatting - loose sun diskabel

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Subject: [xfs-masters] [Bug 684] Formatting - loose sun diskabel
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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 17:18:28 -0700
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http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=684


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------- Additional Comments From sandeen@xxxxxxx  2006-06-08 17:18 CST -------
actually a quick google turns up:

http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2002-10/msg00742.html

which includes this from the fdisk man page:

       A  BSD/SUN  type  disklabel can describe 8 partitions, the
       third of which should be a ?whole disk' partition.  Do not
       start  a  partition  that  actually  uses its first sector
       (like a swap partition) at cylinder  0,  since  that  will
       destroy the disklabel.

and 

[root@lite root]# mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1
mkfs.xfs: /dev/sda1 appears to contain a partition table (Sun).
mkfs.xfs: Use the -f option to force overwrite.

looks like mkfs.xfs is not compatible with sun disklabels; they have
conflicting designs (they both want block 0)

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