Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:25:46 -0600 From: "Bruce DeVault" <internal@intechsoft.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: re: adding a large hard drive post-install Message-ID: <004601bf3b3e$cb024d00$0c01a8c0@wkbruce>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01BF3B0C.7FF3BE70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > What about=20 >=20 > sh /dev/MAKEDEV wd2 > dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/rwd2 count=3D1000 > disklabel -e wd2 >=20 > in vi yy p so that=20 > c: 8405712 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - > 1778*) > e: 8405712 0 4.2BSD 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - > 1778*) >=20 > newfs /dev/rwd2e su-2.03# sh /dev/MAKEDEV wd2 su-2.03# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/rwd2 count=3D1000 1000+0 records in 1000+0 records out 512000 bytes transferred in 0.257836 secs (1985759 bytes/sec) su-2.03# disklabel -e wd2 disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Invalid argument su-2.03# fdisk wd2 ******* Working on device /dev/rwd2 ******* parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=3D66305 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl) Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=3D66305 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl) fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: <UNUSED> The data for partition 2 is: <UNUSED> The data for partition 3 is: <UNUSED> The data for partition 4 is: sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 1, size 66835439 (32634 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ sector 2/ head 0; end: cyl 768/ sector 63/ head 15 su-2.03# disklabel wd2 disklabel: ioctl DIOCGDINFO: Invalid argument su-2.03# help... :) ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01BF3B0C.7FF3BE70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2920.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> What about <BR>> <BR>> sh = /dev/MAKEDEV=20 wd2<BR>> dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/rwd2 count=3D1000<BR>> = disklabel -e=20 wd2<BR>> <BR>> in vi yy p so that <BR>> c: =20 8405712 0 =20 unused = 0 =20 0 # = (Cyl. 0=20 -<BR>> 1778*)<BR>> e: =20 8405712 0 =20 4.2BSD = 0 =20 0 # = (Cyl. 0=20 -<BR>> 1778*)<BR>> <BR>> newfs /dev/rwd2e<BR><BR>su-2.03# sh=20 /dev/MAKEDEV wd2<BR>su-2.03# dd if=3D/dev/zero of=3D/dev/rwd2 = count=3D1000<BR>1000+0=20 records in<BR>1000+0 records out<BR>512000 bytes transferred in 0.257836 = secs=20 (1985759 bytes/sec)<BR>su-2.03# disklabel -e wd2<BR>disklabel: ioctl = DIOCGDINFO:=20 Invalid argument<BR>su-2.03# fdisk wd2<BR>******* Working on device = /dev/rwd2=20 *******<BR>parameters extracted from in-core disklabel = are:<BR>cylinders=3D66305=20 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 blks/cyl)<BR><BR>Figures below won't = work with=20 BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1<BR>parameters to be used for BIOS = calculations=20 are:<BR>cylinders=3D66305 heads=3D16 sectors/track=3D63 (1008 = blks/cyl)<BR><BR>fdisk:=20 invalid fdisk partition table found<BR>Media sector size is = 512<BR>Warning: BIOS=20 sector numbering starts with sector 1<BR>Information from DOS bootblock=20 is:<BR>The data for partition 1 is:<BR><UNUSED><BR>The data for = partition=20 2 is:<BR><UNUSED><BR>The data for partition 3 = is:<BR><UNUSED><BR>The=20 data for partition 4 is:<BR>sysid=20 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)<BR> start 1, size 66835439 = (32634=20 Meg), flag 80 (active)<BR> = beg: cyl 0/=20 sector 2/ head 0;<BR> end: cyl = 768/=20 sector 63/ head 15<BR>su-2.03# disklabel wd2<BR>disklabel: ioctl = DIOCGDINFO:=20 Invalid argument<BR>su-2.03#<BR><BR>help...=20 :)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01BF3B0C.7FF3BE70-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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