Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop [solved]
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Ian Smith wrote: > > fdisk -s ad4 > bsdlabel ad4s1 [r...@blackdragon /usr/src]# fdisk -s ad4; bsdlabel ad4s1 /dev/ad4: 1453521 cyl 16 hd 63 sec PartStartSize Type Flags 1: 63 1465149105 0xa5 0x80 # /dev/ad4s1: 8 partitions: #size offsetfstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 2097152 164.2BSD0 0 0 b: 16777216 2097168 swap c: 14651491050unused0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit d: 2097152 188743844.2BSD0 0 0 e: 20971520 209715364.2BSD0 0 0 f: 1423206049 419430564.2BSD0 0 0 [r...@blackdragon /usr/src]# ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop [solved]
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 21:41:11 -0500, Chris Brennan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition has a good guide for > > installing the base manually (you can ignore the gpart and zfs > > commands if you want). I found I had to copy the base and kernel > > directories from the install ISO to a UFS-formatted USB stick first > > though since the LiveFS CD doesn't have the distributions. > > > > -- > > Bruce Cran > > > > Bruce, your a lifesaver! +1 for you and your wiki page. +1 for Warren's page > ( > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html#_the_old_standard_way_tt_fdisk_8_tt_and_tt_bsdlabel_8_tt) > and +5 for Ian and his incredible patience. Hodgepodging Warren's and > Bruce's pages together got me a working base. Laptop is now installed w/o > the assistance of a boot cd or the usb hard-drive I was using. That's great news Chris, congratulations for perseverance. It could be argued that it shouldn't be this hard, but I don't need any argument .. > I did have to grab a DVD of 8.1 and burn it to a DVDRW, just so I could get > access to /dist/8.1-*. That being said, I think I am going to look at > setting up that same external hd w/ a full 8.2-R root when it's ready, so I > have a full, local tree to utilize for weird installs like this (I don't > know why I never did that before) Excellent idea. Just for curiousity's sake, after all that what do you wind up with for: # fdisk -s ad4 # bsdlabel ad4s1 ?, Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: a new hard-drive in a 2y/o laptop [solved]
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/ZFSBootPartition has a good guide for > installing the base manually (you can ignore the gpart and zfs > commands if you want). I found I had to copy the base and kernel > directories from the install ISO to a UFS-formatted USB stick first > though since the LiveFS CD doesn't have the distributions. > > -- > Bruce Cran > Bruce, your a lifesaver! +1 for you and your wiki page. +1 for Warren's page ( http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/disksetup.html#_the_old_standard_way_tt_fdisk_8_tt_and_tt_bsdlabel_8_tt) and +5 for Ian and his incredible patience. Hodgepodging Warren's and Bruce's pages together got me a working base. Laptop is now installed w/o the assistance of a boot cd or the usb hard-drive I was using. I did have to grab a DVD of 8.1 and burn it to a DVDRW, just so I could get access to /dist/8.1-*. That being said, I think I am going to look at setting up that same external hd w/ a full 8.2-R root when it's ready, so I have a full, local tree to utilize for weird installs like this (I don't know why I never did that before) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
