Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 14:39:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com> To: Stephen Cooper <stephen.cooper@alphawest.com.au> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions \(E-mail\)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to "disklabel" a SCSI disk with no disktab entry Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.980429143242.8470A-100000@omni1> In-Reply-To: <6ACBE82F88DDD111B6C400104B2B75E21941@herculis.alphawest.com.au>
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I like using the /stand/sysinstall program for partitioning. Run it as root, choose "Custom", then "Partition". If you have an already existing partition table on the drive that you don't need, it may be good to write over it (before running /stand/sysinstall) with something like "dd count=500 if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0". Obviously, you would substitute the proper device file for your particular situation. After you partition, you would put a disklabel in the slice(s) you were using with FreeBSD. I come from the PC world, so the word partition to me means something other than what the FreeBSD people say it means. I hope this helps. On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Stephen Cooper wrote: [NON-Text Body part not included] - Peter Schwenk - schwenk@voicenet.com - - Running FreeBSD? You should be. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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