Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 15:35:38 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with initial FreeBSD (2.0.5 CD) installation attempts Message-ID: <m0soICx-000r3yC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 31 Aug 1995 14:35:06 -0700." <199508312135.OAA00824@ref.tfs.com>
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Julian Elischer <julian@ref.tfs.com> wrote:
> no that is quite legal the s number refers to the slot in the 4 element
> array.. in that case the 3rd slot isn't marked as 'valid'.. that's all.
Hey...when grasping at straws, even the slightly out-of-the-ordinary gets a
second look. Hmmm...now that you mention it, I could swear I saw the phrase
"invalid partition table" at some point during all of this, but definitely not
when I was collecting geometry and partitioning numbers for my plea for help.
> > ** have / & some misc stuff on the wd0s2 slice.
> > ** use the sd0s2 slice as a swap partition for both Linux & FreeBSD.
> > Presumably this would involve laying a disklabel on it (I seem to remember
> > Joerg Wunsch describing this recently) from /etc/rc* somewhere.
> no.. to use the whole slice,
> you just need to add a line in your fstab for /dev/sd0s2
> (do it after you're installed)
> don't label it..
Cool...it doesn't care what "type" the partition is marked? or if there are
any magic signature numbers in there to designate it as a swap area?
> > ** use the sd0s3 slice for my /usr partition.
>
> you must disklabel THAT to have usr and more there..
Yup...the disklabel process in in the installation procedure takes care of
that. I DO manage to get everything installed - the trouble is that things go
loopy shortly thereafter. I even got as far as snagging some of my config
files for UUCP/cu and dialing out at one point.
Thanx,
Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 StatSci, a div of MathSoft, Inc.
1700 Westlake Ave N #500
scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109
Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org
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