Re: accessing ide

[Warner Losh]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ceri Storey writes:
: but these two command lines give me different results, eg:
: cds220# head -c 32 /dev/ad0c | hd
: so they are not equivalent?

ad0 is the whole device.  ad0c is the whole slice.  These can be the
same, but are often different.  /dev/ad0 is the right device to open
if you want to access the mbr.

Warner

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