From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 02:31:51 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 A8A0F16A4CE for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 02:31:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from pegasus.freiberg-net.de (pegasus.freibergnet.de [80.243.43.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E217A43D33 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 02:31:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from holm@pegasus.freiberg-net.de) Received: from pegasus.freiberg-net.de (localhost.freiberg-net.de [127.0.0.1]) hBCAVm6T096539 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:31:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from holm@pegasus.freiberg-net.de) Received: (from holm@localhost) by pegasus.freiberg-net.de (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hBCAVmIM096538 for freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:31:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from holm) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 11:31:48 +0100 From: Holm Tiffe To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031212103148.GA96371@pegasus.freiberg-net.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: FreibergNet Internet Services Priority: normal X-Phone: +49-3731-781279 X-Fax: +49-3731-781377 X-PGP-fingerprint: 86 EC A5 63 B5 28 78 13 8B FC E9 09 04 6E 86 FC Subject: No support for slices? X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: holm@freibergnet.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:31:51 -0000 I've read somwhere in the doc's, that freebsd-alpha does*nt support partitioning of the drives, since srm does'nt support it or can't boot from partitions. My experience with an USB Memory stick is, that the stick gets detected an an /dev/da[something] is created in /dev, but the /dev/da[something]s1 for the fat filesystem on this stick is'nt created, so I can't mount the fs. fdisk does'nt exist on this platform. It seems to me, that dropping support for PC partition tables is the wrong way .... Suggestions? Holm -- L&P::Kommunikation GbR Holm Tiffe * Administration, Development FreibergNet.de Internet Systems phone +49 3731 41930 Bereich Server & Technik fax +49 3731 4196026 D-09599 Freiberg * Nonnengasse 31a http://www.freibergnet.de