Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:31:51 -0400 From: "Adam Crosby" <acrosby@nps.k12.va.us> To: <freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org> Subject: I figured it out [was devfs and disklabeling] Message-ID: <scbc43ec.042@mail.nps.k12.va.us>
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On my hardware, at least, you have to run the dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 count=16 before you disklabel it. although I /think/ I understand what that does, I'm not quite sure why it was neccesary? It writes '0' to the first 16 blocks of the disk (the mbr or some such?). Then, disklabel -BRr ad0 /tmp/label (saved a copy of my previous disklabel) creates the bootblock, and the disklabel on the disk? Will -B not overwrite the first 16 blocks automagically? Or am I completely missing the ball here? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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