Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:45:19 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Didrik Madheden <didrik@kth.se> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Sparc64 partitions compatible with PC? Message-ID: <039F6F4D-3758-45A2-9D9C-02562F3EF27D@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <57797.91.95.8.243.1216313772.squirrel@webmail.sys.kth.se> References: <57797.91.95.8.243.1216313772.squirrel@webmail.sys.kth.se>
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On Jul 17, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Didrik Madheden wrote: > I have a Sparc box that I use mainly as an FTP server. (SunBlad 100 > if it > makes a ny difference) What I want to do now is to move that disk to > an > x86 box. > The disk is partitioned in the following way: A single big native > partition, with a number of labels. (Or are disklabels the native > partitioning on Sparc? I don't remember) > Anyway, I have a couple of small labels for the usual system stuff > and a > big one for storage. What I want to do is wipe the system related > labels > and only keep the one used for storage. (And consequently do a fresh > install on the PC) > My concern however is that the Sun partitioning will be incompatible > with > PC partitioning. If so, can anyone give advice on how to move the > disk to > a PC? > Since it's a big disk, I'd like to avoid mirroring it. FreeBSD 7-STABLE supports sparc64 labeling, aka vtoc8. This is done with gpart. You can build and load the geom_part_vtoc8 kernel module and it'll automatically detect the partitioning of the disk. You can use the gpart(8) tool to look at the partitioning and even relabel the disk. I don't know if UFS is going to give you problems with the endianness though... FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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