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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