Re: Raw disk sections

Anon-user wrote: > > >> ..<clip>...setting Informix raw device at beginning of > >>disk..<clip> > > Neil, > > Yes, its in the manual. You should always start with a small > offset into the disk as the operating system may need the first > few tracks for housekeeping. > > You should have done this even when you used the second partition > - an offset of 50k is fine. > > Paul R. Why do you need an offset on the second partition? I don't use any except on the first and have never encountered a problem.