From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 17:52:35 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DB971065672 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:52:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tnelson@fudnet.net) Received: from zmail.rockbochs.com (zmail.rockbochs.com [208.79.71.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5CE28FC31 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:52:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tnelson@fudnet.net) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zmail.rockbochs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B20E367575 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:29:41 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.869 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.869 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[AWL=0.569, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_PBL=0.905, RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.1, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION=0.156] Received: from zmail.rockbochs.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmail.rockbochs.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MpA-ZdVZA1Oo for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:29:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from zmail.fudnet.net (97-112-96-100.dlth.qwest.net [97.112.96.100]) by zmail.rockbochs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FCD3367574 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:29:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zmail.fudnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9E6010AC1F0 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:57 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Received: from zmail.fudnet.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmail.fudnet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id N-ZLOVfwE3Sp for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from zmail.fudnet.net (zmail.fudnet.net [192.168.2.5]) by zmail.fudnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B3C510AC1EF for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:57 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Tim Nelson To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <23079290.21216315856959.JavaMail.root@zmail.fudnet.net> In-Reply-To: <8599571.01216315819690.JavaMail.root@zmail.fudnet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: [192.168.2.2] Cc: Subject: Re: Sparc64 partitions compatible with PC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:52:35 -0000 IIRC... there are some oddities between the disk labels having to do with the big and little "endian-ness" (if that's a word?!?) on each of the architectures. I tried using a SPARC partitioned drive on an x86 machine a while back and never was able to access the data. Hopefully someone else has had a better experience with it... --Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Didrik Madheden" To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:56:12 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Sparc64 partitions compatible with PC? I have a Sparc box that I use mainly as an FTP server. (SunBlad 100 if it makes a ny difference) What I want to do now is to move that disk to an x86 box. The disk is partitioned in the following way: A single big native partition, with a number of labels. (Or are disklabels the native partitioning on Sparc? I don't remember) Anyway, I have a couple of small labels for the usual system stuff and a big one for storage. What I want to do is wipe the system related labels and only keep the one used for storage. (And consequently do a fresh install on the PC) My concern however is that the Sun partitioning will be incompatible with PC partitioning. If so, can anyone give advice on how to move the disk to a PC? Since it's a big disk, I'd like to avoid mirroring it. /Didrik Madheden _______________________________________________ freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"