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Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 12:34:05 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Stephen Cooper <stephen.cooper@alphawest.com.au>,
        "Freebsd-Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: How to "disklabel" a SCSI disk with no disktab entry
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On Tue, 28 April 1998 at 17:30:32 +0800, Stephen Cooper wrote:
> I am attempting to mount a SCSI St3120N hard disk with the following specs
> 1060 MB formatted (1280 unformatted)
> Av Sect/Track 103
> Cyl: 3992
> Tracks: 19960
> RPM 5411
> 
> Would appreciate any assistance with generating a disktab entry, or a
> pointer to an archive containing a "how to"
> 
> eg, the ns/nc/nt/bc/pc
> 
> Here is what I have so far:
> st31230n|Seagate ST-31230N 1GB SCSI Disk:\
>         :dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:nt#5:ns#103:nc#3992:rm#5411:\
>         :ba#1111490560:oc#0:\
>         :bc#1111490560:tc=4.2BSD:
> 
> Wrong probably, I have not used the BSD system before!!!

It's difficult to know without knowing more about the disk.  "The
Complete FreeBSD", second edition
(http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm) contains a discussion of
how to do this.  It's not simple, and using sysinstall is often a more
comfortable alternative.

Greg


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