Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 17:07:47 -0400 (EDT) From: "Charles N. Owens" <owensc@alpha.enc.edu> To: questions list FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: HELP!: adding second disk Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950817164958.20340A-100000@alpha.enc.edu>
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Hello,
I've tried to figure this out, but am having trouble. I'm trying to add
a second drive to my system. It's a Seagate ST15230W SCSI-2 WIDE 4 GIG
drive. The controller and FBSD recognize it's existence fine, but I'm
having trouble attacking it with fdisk and disklabel.
Is the correct procedure for me to:
1. fdisk -u
Make one partition, type 165, using whole drive.
2. Add entry to /etc/disktab defining my drive.
3. do a disklabel -r -w /dev/sd1 st15320w
?
I tried the fdisk step, and it seems to be fixated on what the BIOS
thinks. Does it mean the SCSI controller BIOS or the system BIOS? I
don't think that the system BIOS should know a thing about either of my
SCSI drives. Fdisk kept telling my that the #of tracks is 90, when I know
it's 114, and when I try to tell it differently, it doesn't budge.
Here is my new /etc/disktab entry:
st15230w|Seagate ST15230W 4 Gig SCSI-2 WIDE:\
:dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#19:ns#114:nc#3992:\
:pa#192774:oa#0:ta=swap:\
:pb#197106:ob#192774:bb#4096:fa#512:tb=4.2BSD:\
:pc#8646672:oc#0:\
:pd#8256792:od#389880:bd#4096:fd#512:td=4.2BSD:\
Should this be OK? Of course, when I tried to run disklabel, I get the
following: ioctl DIOCWLABEL: Operation not supported by device,
but I wouldn't expect it to work in light of the trouble I'm having with
fdisk.
Could someone shed some light on this situation?
thanks,
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