Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:26:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bsdlabel geometry params Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206041424150.945@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4FCCBDF4.1030008@dreamchaser.org> References: <4FCCBDF4.1030008@dreamchaser.org>
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On Mon, 4 Jun 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: > According the the handbook, one should do the following to set up a new disk: > > 1 dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1k count=1 > 2 fdisk -BI da1 #Initialize your new disk > 3 bsdlabel -B -w da1s1 auto #Label it. > 4 bsdlabel -e da1s1 # Edit the bsdlabel just created and add any partitions. > 5 mkdir -p /1 > 6 newfs /dev/da1s1e # Repeat this for every partition you created. > 7 mount /dev/da1s1e /1 # Mount the partition(s) > 8 vi /etc/fstab # Add the appropriate entry/entries to your /etc/fstab. > > In step #4, bsdlabel gives you a label with zeros for fsize, bsize, bps/cpg > Is it necessary to fill these in, or is there a way to get some reasonable defaults? > "newfs -N" will give you numbers for bsize and fsize, but what about bps/cpg? > > What does the install process do for this step? I don't remember ever having to deal with it. What part of the Handbook? I would suggest using gpart(8), it makes GPT partitions easy, and nasty old MBR partitions aren't any worse than with fdisk/bsdlabel.
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