From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 10:10:37 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 3730A37B490 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D71AF43FB1 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 10:10:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6GHAUhR018315 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:10:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6GHASAx020793 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:10:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6GHASgt014546; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:10:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h6GHARXx014545; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:10:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:10:27 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Pierrick Brossin Message-ID: <20030716171026.GA14530@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <1058339743.3f14fb9f3f7ac@www.swissgeeks.com> <20030716082226.GN72706@cicely12.cicely.de> <1058344752.3f150f30b2195@www.swissgeeks.com> <20030716085435.GP72706@cicely12.cicely.de> <3F14AEDA.40500@swissgeeks.com> <20030716164056.GU72706@cicely12.cicely.de> <3F14B809.8010005@swissgeeks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F14B809.8010005@swissgeeks.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.1-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: ticso@cicely.de cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha and labels stuff X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:10:38 -0000 On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 02:27:21AM +0000, Pierrick Brossin wrote: > Bernd Walter wrote: > > >From within FreeBSD: > >dd if=/dev/zero bs=10240 count=1 of=/dev/adn > >replace adn with ad0 or whatever your disk is named. > > Did it from my FBSD 5.1-C x86 machine. > It writed the 10240 bytes successfully but it's still not working on the > alpha :) Maybe you need to write more then count=1. I'm unshure about the exact bit pattern and position that causes this kind of problem. > It says "You can only do this in a disk slice (at top of screen)" As long as dd claimed to succed I think the blocks were written. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de