Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:36:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jason Hudgins <Hudginsj@smtp.dancooks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: disklabel Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961227123537.2459F-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3066D7A31@smtp.dancooks.com>
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On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Jason Hudgins wrote: > I'm trying to recreate the disklabel on my western digital IDE hd. > I am doing this from a custom made fixit floppy...I try this.. > > disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/wdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootwd /dev/wd0 auto > > and it complains that with the auto option I must supply a "canonical > disk name" /dev/wd0 --> wd0 > I am assuming that this is referring to a drive type in /etc/disktab. > There is nothing in /etc/disktab that vaguely resembles anytype of > WD ide drive...furthermore if I could try and create an entry..but > I have no idea how to answer most of the questions such as > how many tracks per cylinder ..etc. Is this the only way to do > this? Or is there an easier way? No, it wants the un-/dev/'d device name. I assume this is some sort of recovery operation. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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