> > I have recently created a disklabel on a slice of an ata disk with
> > disklabel. Of course i had to create an entry in /etc/disktab to do
> > that, but encountered no other problem.
> Last time I had to do that, I used dd to copy the first couple of
> blocks from a working disk onto the ne
John Baldwin wrote:
> It is kind of semantic. However, on the alpha it is hardly dangerous. Nor
> do we fake a MBR on the alpha (which is what makes it dangerous). The alpha
> architecture doesn't use MBR's, but the PC arch does. Thus, having a disklabel
> on the alpha is normal, having one at
On 28-Oct-00 Matt Dillon wrote:
>:> # optional dd if you are paranoid
>:> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=32k count=4
>:> fdisk -I da0
>:> disklabel -w -r da0s1 auto
>:>
>:> That's much preferable to having to use sysinstall if all you want to
>:> do is initializ
:> # optional dd if you are paranoid
:> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=32k count=4
:> fdisk -I da0
:> disklabel -w -r da0s1 auto
:>
:> That's much preferable to having to use sysinstall if all you want to
:> do is initialize a label on a slice.
:
:Yes, this is de
On 28-Oct-00 Matt Dillon wrote:
>:> I think you are specifying the wrong arguments to disklabel; I
>:> seem to rememebr a -w/-W distinction...
>:
>:Nope.
>:
>:> In any case, I'm running with a disklabel inside a DOS partition
>:> on all but one box of mine, and always have been. I installed
>:>
:> I think you are specifying the wrong arguments to disklabel; I
:> seem to rememebr a -w/-W distinction...
:
:Nope.
:
:> In any case, I'm running with a disklabel inside a DOS partition
:> on all but one box of mine, and always have been. I installed
:> 4.1 on my laptop that way.
:
:Sysinstall
