Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:18:35 +0100 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DP1 release candidate 1 Message-ID: <20020323071834.GB32918@nathan.ruhr.de> In-Reply-To: <200203230002.g2N02k072474@bmah.dyndns.org> References: <20020321195254.N90182@locore.ca> <p0510152cb8c161daca4b@[128.113.24.47]> <200203230002.g2N02k072474@bmah.dyndns.org>
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 04:02:46PM -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote: > I was trying to help this document along as best I could, given that I > don't actually have access to a sparc64 machine. I'll be happy to do > the DocBook-fu and other editing, if someone (e.g. you) gives content. I noticed a small problem in the disklabel section: It tells you that the partition size must be a multiple of the number of sectors per cylinder. This statement is incomplete: With 1008 sectors per cylinder, entering a partition size of 1008 into the disklabel editor will not work. Fix below. I've also added a paragraph telling the user to run disklabel again and check the cylinder number display. This is a very easy method of checking your partition boundaries. /s/Udo RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/sparc64/install.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.8 install.sgml --- install.sgml 23 Mar 2002 00:24:32 -0000 1.8 +++ install.sgml 23 Mar 2002 06:58:36 -0000 @@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ information.</para> <para>To make sure the restriction mentioned above is met, the - size of each partition must be a multiple of the number of - sectors per cylinder as shown in the information that is - presented in the editor (1008 in the example above).</para> + size of each partition must be a multiple of the product of the number of + sectors per cylinder and the number of bytes per sector as shown in the information that is + presented in the editor (516096 (1008*512) in the example above).</para> <para>When you are done, save your changes and quit the editor. This will cause the disk label to be written. </para> @@ -471,6 +471,16 @@ this disk must have their respective partition entries in the old and new label match <emphasis>exactly</emphasis>, or they will be lost.</para></warning> + + <para>If you want to double-check that your partions end on + cylinder boundaries, run <command>disklabel -e + <replaceable>device</replaceable></command> again. The + editor will display the cylinders used by a particular + partition on the right hand side of the screen. If any of + these numbers show an <literal>*</literal> next to them, the + partition does <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> start or end on a + cylinder boundary. You <emphasis>MUST</emphasis> fix these + or your system will not work.</para> </step> <step> /s/Udo -- Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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