Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 19:00:14 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org, Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Subject: Re: Really odd "BTX halted" problem booting FreeBSD on VALinux h Message-ID: <XFMail.001028190014.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200010282228.e9SMSFu67012@earth.backplane.com>
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On 28-Oct-00 Matt Dillon wrote: >:> > After fdisk creating partitions try, >:> > >:> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0s1 count=16 >: >:Hmm. Isn't the only thing that's suppose to really work is >: >:dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 count=16 >: >:(which doesn't always work on Alpha yet) >: >:I'm missing some context, so forgive me if this is a stupid question? > > Ah, the joys of fdisk and disklabels. I've learned more in the last > two days then I ever really wanted to find out :-) I think there is more there than anyone wants to find out. Can you commit your fixes to make disklabel label virgin slices please? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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