From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 17:19:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E969610657C8 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:19:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from didrik@kth.se) Received: from smtp-1.sys.kth.se (smtp-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A91AB8FC1D for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:19:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from didrik@kth.se) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-1.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B9FB157012 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:15 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Received: from smtp-1.sys.kth.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-1.sys.kth.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id kYefiLasN0mS for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from webmail.sys.kth.se (unknown [IPv6:2001:6b0:1:1300:214:38ff:fec5:5a2d]) by smtp-1.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72235156FF2 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 91.95.8.243 (SquirrelMail authenticated user didrik) by webmail.sys.kth.se with HTTP; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:12 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <57797.91.95.8.243.1216313772.squirrel@webmail.sys.kth.se> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:56:12 +0200 (CEST) From: "Didrik Madheden" To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Subject: Sparc64 partitions compatible with PC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:19:47 -0000 I have a Sparc box that I use mainly as an FTP server. (SunBlad 100 if it makes a ny difference) What I want to do now is to move that disk to an x86 box. The disk is partitioned in the following way: A single big native partition, with a number of labels. (Or are disklabels the native partitioning on Sparc? I don't remember) Anyway, I have a couple of small labels for the usual system stuff and a big one for storage. What I want to do is wipe the system related labels and only keep the one used for storage. (And consequently do a fresh install on the PC) My concern however is that the Sun partitioning will be incompatible with PC partitioning. If so, can anyone give advice on how to move the disk to a PC? Since it's a big disk, I'd like to avoid mirroring it. /Didrik Madheden