(Have cc'ed to port-sparc as well)

	NetBSD writes a SunOS compatible label onto the disk for the boot
	prom. Unfortunately SunOS can only allocate paritions in units
	of cylinders (no partiail cylinders), so NetBSD/sparc also has to
	starts and end partitions on cylinder boundaries.

	The error messge should probably be more helpful - could you
	submit a PR to not this :)

	Thanks

		David/absolute

               The truth of a proposition has nothing to do
                  with its credibility.  And vice versa.

On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Rob Deker wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 14:44:53 -0500 (EST)
> From: Rob Deker <deker@digex.net>
> To: netbsd-help <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
> Subject: Problem with 1.3/sparc install
> 
> 
> I'm installing 1.3 on a Sparc5/170, and I'm running into the following
> after laying out the drive partition tables with disklabel:
> 
> disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: Label magic number or checksum is wrong!
> (disklabel or kernel is out of date?)
> re-edit the label? [y]: 
> 
> I'm using the miniroot supplied with 1.3. Is there something I'm missing
> here?
> 
> rob
> 
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