Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 09:31:54 -0500 From: Jerry Kendall <jerry@border.com> To: Adam Mitchell <adamm@visual.is.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding a disk Message-ID: <96Feb19.095859est.20483-2@janus.border.com> In-Reply-To: <31278A7E.41C67EA6@visual.is.net>
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Adam, I am almost finished writing a utility that I beleive I will
call 'diskmaint'(any one object ??). If you can wait a few more days,
I will be posting it...
On Sun, 18 Feb 1996, Adam Mitchell wrote:
>
> I have a blank IDE drive (wd1). I want to use 96MB for SWAP and the
> rest as /mnt_whatever. How do I initialize this blank disk? Here is
> my current "/etc/fstab" and "fdisk wd1"
>
> Thanks VERY much.
>
> AM
>
>
>
> /dev/wd0a / ufs rw 1 1
> /dev/wd0s3b none swap sw 0 0
> proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
> /dev/wd0s1 /dos msdos rw
>
>
>
> ******* Working on device /dev/rwd1 *******
> parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
> cylinders=2100 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
>
> Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1
> parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
> cylinders=2100 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl)
>
> Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
> Information from DOS bootblock is:
> The data for partition 0 is:
> <UNUSED>
> The data for partition 1 is:
> <UNUSED>
> The data for partition 2 is:
> <UNUSED>
> The data for partition 3 is:
> <UNUSED>
>
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