> disklabel(8) _should_ be able to ... you just have to be careful to make 
> partitions begin and end on cylinder boundaries.

Doesn't work for me. My partitions do begin and end on cylinder
boundaries, but rewriting a working label with disklabel caused
the prom to decide that the magic number was bad.

BTW, did I also mention that 1.1 dies really badly if you have swap
at the beginning of the disk, with the a partion after it?

cjs

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