Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:12:33 PST From: Marc Frajola <marc@enginet.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to fdisk/disklabel whole disk for FreeBSD from command line? Message-ID: <200002282312.PAA15070@enginet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Feb 2000 00:59:30 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002270055190.63350-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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> On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Marc Frajola wrote: > > > Hi... > > > > I have spent a bit of time messing around with the command-line > > fdisk and disklabel commands, and have been unable to setup a proper > > fdisk and FreeBSD partition label solely from the command line. > > Somebody didn't check the usual places! :) > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/formatting-media/ > > Also if you are on a recent (3.4?) -STABLE or -CURRENT you have the > dangerous yet handy fdisk -e option. > > You will certainly want to steal my code from the 'install' PicoBSD > floppy, which fdisk, disklabels, and newfs's the target disk > automatically. > > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org Doug, Thanks very much for the reply. I checked out the URL you gave (http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/formatting-media/), and unfortunately I'm still wondering how to create one FreeBSD fdisk slice so that disklabel can actually create partitions. The reason why I sent the message to freebsd-hackers was because when I tried 'fdisk -e', it seems to assign a slice, BUT disklabel gives an error like 'No space left on device' or some such thing after running fdisk, making it obvious that the fdisk -e didn't work as I thought it should. I'm guessing I need to include a different combination of fdisk options or there's a bug. I will check out the 'install' PicoBSD floppy here shortly to see if I can learn anything from that. If anybody knows right off what the sequence of commands (complete with arguments) to fdisk and disklabel a new drive to make a "compatiblity mode" bootable FreeBSD system slice (and make it active), I'd appreciate hearing from you. ...Marc... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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