Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 03:53:14 +0100 (CET) From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: John De Boskey <jwd@FreeBSD.ORG>, Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "disklabel -rw ar0 auto" breaks HPT raid0+1 Message-ID: <200111120253.fAC2rEq28982@gits.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <200111120119.fAC1Jq448679@apollo.backplane.com>
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Matthew Dillon wrote: > :> :half cylinder is reserved by fdisk. so, it doesn't clobber anything. > :> :is this explanation more clear ? > :> > :> No, the EXAMPLES section. > : > :there is nothing in the "EXAMPLES" section which prevent to write > :the first 16 sectors if using the drive in `dangerously-dedicated' > :mode that is w/ no fdisk partition. > > The examples section, if you have a reasonably recent (4.3 or > later I believe) system, shows you how to create a disklabel -stable is enough :P > inside a slice (i.e. NOT dangerously dedicated), and shows you > how to run fdisk to initialize a disk and then how to run > disklabel to inintialize the slice. The sequence is something > like: > > fdisk -BI da0 > disklabel -w -r -B da0s1 auto > disklabel -e da0s1 so, we are "in accord" (don't know if this is really english speaking :) but the originator of this thread (John) don't talk about fdisk. so, I stated that he is trying to format his drives in `dangerously-dedicated' mode which conflict w/ the HTP hardware which lso need the first blocks of the drive. Cyrille. -- Cyrille Lefevre mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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