strange newfs results

[Ed Schouten]

Hi Alexander,

* Alexander Best <alexbestms at math.uni-muenster.de> wrote:
> 1. pax -w -f /dev/ad0p2 .
> 2. file -s /dev/ad0p2 -> POSIX tar archive
> 3. newfs -U -L usr /dev/ad0p2
> 4. file -s /dev/ad0p2 -> POSIX tar archive

I'm not a file system expert, but doesn't newfs leave the first few KB's
of the file system untouched, to store a boot loader? This means that
the first few bytes of the disk still contain the POSIX tar archive
magic.

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/
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