Date: Fri, 12 Apr 96 15:42:12 EDT From: gtc@aloft.att.com (gary.corcoran) To: dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disk questions Message-ID: <9604121942.AA03217@stargazer>
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Doug, Thanks for your reply - any and all help appreciated. But since you were only able to answer some of my questions, could I hear from someone else the answer to the other questions (repeated below)? Thanks! Gary I have my second hard disk setup with the following slices: Slice 1: DOS Slice 2: Unused (for the moment) Slice 3: Unused (for the moment) Slice 4: FreeBSD I setup the FreeBSD slice in disktab with an 'a' partition, a 'b' partition, and of course a 'c' partition. 2. The man page isn't clear on this: are the 'offsets' in the disktab describing the partitions relative to the _slice_ and NOT the start of the entire disk? 5. My primary swap is referenced as sd0s1b. How do I reference my swap ('b' partition) on my second disk? I would guess that it might be referenced as sd1s4b - but there is no such device in /dev. Can MAKEDEV make this? If so, what option(s) should I give to MAKEDEV? 6. Is sd1s4b the "proper" way to refer to my secondary swap partition, or is sd1b okay/sufficient/the same ? I haven't tried to enable my secondary swap yet - I don't want to accidently scribble on a wrong portion of my disk! At least not until I learn how to make FreeBSD backups using my new SCSI DAT drive which I also just installed... ;-}
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