> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 11:51 PM > From: "Don NetBSD" <netbsd-embed...@gmx.com> > To: netbsd-users@netbsd.org > Subject: Re: BSD disklabel partition letters in NetBSD
[...] > But it isn't placed in any of these places unless/until the system is > DIRECTED to do so. I.e., you can access a brand-new, never-before-powered-on > disk drive via the fictitious IN-KERNEL disklabel STRUCTURE. But, need > never actually write it to the medium to allow such access (on a NetBSD box). IIUC, this is a subtle (but important) clarification. > [I.e., write the entire medium -- except the label portion -- and mount it on > some foreign OS and they won't see ANY label in place! But, the DATA that > you wrote will still be there!] Yes, of course other OSs won't show anything! Amazing :). Rocky
