> 
> Gee, when did this happen ?
> 
> Warning: rpm is obsolete for this device and will be
> ignored.
> Warning: number of alternate sectors per cylinder is
> obsolete for this
> device and will be ignored.
> 
> I have an old old disk here that I generally specify
> this sort of thing :
> 
> newfs -s 3895720 -b 4096 -f 1024 -m 5 -r 3600 -i 1024
> -a 2 -C 1
> /dev/rdsk/c5t5d0s0
> 
> and all of a sudden .. I get told that I can not
> specify 2 alternate sectors
> per cylinder anymore.
> 
> Must be just an artifact of days gone by, like the
> old format.dat file.
> 
> Perhaps mkfs(1M) still supports these ?

"-r" to `newfs` works just fine in Solaris 10 1/06. But now that you mentioned 
it, I'll test Solaris 10 6/06 just to make sure.

Send an e-mail to Sarah Jelinek at Sun, she might be able to shed some insight 
on what is going on here, ig not, she'd likely know whom to ask...
 
 
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