Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 20:47:41 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is using fdisk a must? Message-ID: <199806220347.UAA03208@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 21 Jun 1998 09:55:36 %2B1000." <199806202355.JAA06830@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
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> I'm experimenting with setting up scsi disks using disktab and disklabel. > I've nutted out how disktab + disklabel works, and built successfully > a disktab for the scsi drive I'm using. A COMPAQ C2490A 2.1GB drive. > It appears to actually be a HP Manufactured drive. Anyway, having > done that, the new drive goes through newfs ok, and the partitons mount. > Everything appears to work. It doesn't actually sound like you're quite there yet. > However, doing 'fdisk sd1' tells me that the only partiton that is > actualy a correct FreeBSD partition (slice) is the 'e' partiton. > All the others have bad magic numbers and so on. This makes no sense. Partitions are not slices, and fdisk will never tell you anything about partitions. > Is a correct FreeBSD drive dependant on being made in the firstplace > with fdisk, then labeled accordingly.? If you are building a new disk to be used only with FreeBSD, the correct process is either: a) use /stand/sysinstall (and the configure menu) to slice/partition the disk. b) proceed as follows, for the disk 'foo'. # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/foo count=16 # disklabel -rwB foo auto # disklabel -e foo [set the disk type to SCSI or ESDI (for IDE disks), add partitions to suit] -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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