From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Dec 7 8:54:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72D4437B416 for ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:54:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fB7GrwH15667; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:53:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:53:58 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Peter Wemm Cc: Andrew Gallatin , "Thomas P. Holmes [ Systems ]" , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk slices Message-ID: <20011207175358.B15602@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <15374.34369.492419.52249@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20011206233616.67D09380D@overcee.netplex.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011206233616.67D09380D@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@wemm.org on Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 03:36:16PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 03:36:16PM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote: > Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > > Thomas P. Holmes [ Systems ] writes: > > > Yes my box boots and I was able to recompile the kernel. > > > > > > The df through me when I saw > > > > > > da0a > > > da0e > > > > > > and not > > > > > > da0s1a > > > da0s1e > > > > > > > > > > The alpha port doesn't use slices (fdisk partitions) because the SRM > > console doesn't understand them & it cannot boot from them. The alpha > > port has never used slices. > > > > Drew > > SRM doesn't understand disklabel partitions either. All that SRM cares about > is the bootblock checksum, and that is it. And that is of course the Only True Way. > We really could implement fdisk partitions, but it would be in a fashion that > is not compatable with i386. I noticed that my AlphaPC64 had fdisk partitions (I think) from RedHat Linux that made the 4.4-stable installer puke. Meaning, it did not see a disk. There was a lot of moaning and groaning on the console about da0s# having warped start/end blocks. After I wiped the disk (using NetBSD ;-) the 4.4-stable installer was more than happy to install on it. FWIW Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message