Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 20:58:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: creating an fdisk partition in an automated way Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104042057170.49028-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010404181245.P40739@dell.dannyland.org>
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, dannyman wrote: > Ooookay ... > > So, I gave up on sysinstall and wrote a script that beautifully runs disklabel > and newfs slices for me, writing an fstab and installing packages after > starting off a PXE boot. It is just COOL! Yup :) > Now all my test machines wont boot. The hard disk boot just doesn't DO > anything, and the pxeboot crashes once it sees the SCSI disk. Best I can > tell from some Deja searches, this is related to the Adaptec controller > reviling at the thought of a "dangeously dedicated" disk. Yup. > But I can not for the life of me figure out how to do it the right way. fdisk -I is your friend. (DANGER: THIS IS DESTRUCTIVE -- READ THE MAN PAGE FIRST!) Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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