Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 17:53:58 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, "Thomas P. Holmes [ Systems ]" <tholmes@thebiz.net>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk slices Message-ID: <20011207175358.B15602@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20011206233616.67D09380D@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@wemm.org on Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 03:36:16PM -0800 References: <15374.34369.492419.52249@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20011206233616.67D09380D@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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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
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