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Date:      Thu, 4 Mar 2004 13:13:49 +0100 (CET)
From:      Eduardo Sepulveda <edo@espci.fr>
To:        RJ45 <rj45@slacknet.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MiataGL IDE disk install problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.58.0403041307130.914@langevin.optique.espci.fr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0403031424200.22891-100000@slacknet.slacknet.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0403031424200.22891-100000@slacknet.slacknet.com>

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On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, RJ45 wrote:

>
> no don;t do it
> you cannot disklabel it on i386 and use it on alhpa.
> they are different labels.

you're right.

> just open a olographic shell during installation
> and from the shell at isntall time disklabel -w da0

actually, one has to "Use the ``live'' filesystem CDROM/DVD"
option, and insert the second CD where you will find the disklabel
utility, the "Emergency Holographic Shell" is a very restricted shell.

Anyway, it worked: /dist/sbin/disklabel -w ad0

> then restart the installation and continue

now disklabel editor "sees" the disk

thanks again !

--edo



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