From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 00:22:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB3137B408 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:22:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mxzilla2.xs4all.nl (mxzilla2.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C076F43F85 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:22:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@xs4all.nl) Received: from xs1.xs4all.nl (xs1.xs4all.nl [194.109.3.11]) by mxzilla2.xs4all.nl (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h6G7MlKi081696; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:22:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from xs1.xs4all.nl (wkb@localhost.xs4all.nl [127.0.0.1]) by xs1.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6G7Ml4j027794; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:22:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@xs1.xs4all.nl) Received: (from Unknown UID 179242@localhost) by xs1.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.8/Submit) id h6G7MkRI027793; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:22:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 09:22:46 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Pierrick Brossin Message-ID: <20030716072246.GA27642@xs4all.nl> References: <1058339743.3f14fb9f3f7ac@www.swissgeeks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1058339743.3f14fb9f3f7ac@www.swissgeeks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE-p19 X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha and labels stuff X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 07:22:50 -0000 On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:15:43AM +0200, Pierrick Brossin wrote: Alphas do not use slices like x86. Slices are a PeeCee thing only. You should directly create a BSD disklabel/partitions. Wilko > Hi! > > I'm new to Alpha. I just received an EV56 (on PC164) with 256 Mb RAM. > Since I was not able to find any SCSI card which work on the installed SRM > (no update available) I decided to use an IDE HD and an IDE CD-ROM drive. > I'm having problems with IDE2 (maybe it's just something like I have to > enable it but I didn't go further into that) so I'm using IDE1. > On Master I have a 3.4 Gb HD and on Slave I have the CD-ROM drive. > When booting the system, I can see dqa0 and dqa1 through "show dev". > > So I downloaded FBSD 5.1-R, burnt it and booted it on my alpha (boot dqa1). > The installation process starts successfully and I can see it detects both > the HD and the CDROM (SCROLL-LOCK -> UP). > > So I choose to start the installation just like I did for many x86 machines > but when I come to create the labels in the "FreeBSD Disklabel Editor" it says: > > "You can only do this in a master partition (see top of screen)" > > Quite the same thing if I push "A". > Under x86 you have to fdisk to create a slice and then you can create the > labels. Someone told me Alphas don't use slices. So I believe the guy (who is > actually a kernel hacker hehe so Hi if you're on this list :D). > > The problem is that there's nothing at the top of the screen. I know I should > see 3.4Gb but it's not there! > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > -- > Pierrick Brossin > IT Employee - Quark Media House Switzerland > Mail: pbrossin_AT_swissgeeks(dot)com > Web: http://www.swissgeeks.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---end of quoted text---