From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Feb 27 0:59:43 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A07C37B54B for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:59:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA89084; Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:59:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:59:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White To: Marc Frajola Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to fdisk/disklabel whole disk for FreeBSD from command line? In-Reply-To: <200002262003.MAA13658@enginet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Marc Frajola wrote: > Hi... > > I have spent a bit of time messing around with the command-line > fdisk and disklabel commands, and have been unable to setup a proper > fdisk and FreeBSD partition label solely from the command line. Somebody didn't check the usual places! :) http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/formatting-media/ Also if you are on a recent (3.4?) -STABLE or -CURRENT you have the dangerous yet handy fdisk -e option. You will certainly want to steal my code from the 'install' PicoBSD floppy, which fdisk, disklabels, and newfs's the target disk automatically. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message