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Date:      Fri, 23 May 1997 13:12:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        "Jeffrey M. Metcalf" <metcalf@snet.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Q: How to create a FreeBSD fs on Iomega Zip 100?
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970523130437.3849J-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <338432F9.41C67EA6@snet.net>

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On Thu, 22 May 1997, Jeffrey M. Metcalf wrote:
> 1.  Write fdisk partition label (or is it pfdisk?)
> 2.  Use disklabel
> 3.  Use newfs (possibly tunefs)

Not the most elegant method, but it seems to work.

Run /stand/sysinstall
Choose Custom, then Partition
Select the Zip drive
Now choose "A" for use entire disk and then "W" write the partition
info out.
Quit out of sysinstall (Labeling from sysinstall doesn't work for me ??)

Run disklabel -e
Copy the c: line (yyp in vi)
Change c: to e:
Change unused to 4.2BSD
Add another 0 before the #

Your size will be different but the lines should now look like

  c:  3173184        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 197*)
  e:  3173184        0    4.2BSD        0     0     0   # (Cyl.    0 - 197*)

Save your changes and the new disklabel will be written out

newfs it and you're ready to go.

Dan
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