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From: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
To: "Robert J. Strickler" <rstrickler@thrunet.net>
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Subject: Re: disktab entry for seagate ST410800W
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Robert,

That's a SCSI disk, right?

	disklabel -w -B sd{n} auto

... works pretty good to get started, then you can edit the output of
disklabel to put some partitions in, and then

	disklabel -R sd{n} {proto-file}

to finally get it set the way you want.

hope this helps,
-Chris

On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Robert J. Strickler wrote:

> silly me, I started the format and now I can't do a "disklabel" 
> on the disk until it finishes and the Seagate webpage was not mush help
> for sectors/track. Could some kind soul post up their entry?
> 
> Thanx, Bob
>