Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:41:25 +0100 From: Jamie Heckford <heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk> To: hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Really odd "BTX halted" problem booting FreeBSD on VALinux hardware Message-ID: <00102815431606.00181@freefire.psi-domain.co.uk>
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Cool idea. I will add a -z option to the disklabel code and submit it to the author if thats OK with everyone else? -- Jamie Heckford Chief Network Engineer Psi-Domain - Innovative Linux Solutions. Ask Us How. =================================== email: heckfordj@psi-domain.co.uk web: http://www.psi-domain.co.uk/ tel: +44 (0)1737 789 246 fax: +44 (0)1737 789 245 mobile: +44 (0)7779 646 529 =================================== On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, you wrote: > In message <200010271824.e9RIOLw06173@earth.backplane.com>, Matt Dillon > writes: > > :Do you have dangerously dedicated mode on by chance? Some > > :SCSI BIOS's _will_ crash with this if you use dangerously > > :dedicated mode. > > > > Yup. > > > > The real question is: Ok, so if I can't use dangerously dedicated > > mode, then how do I create a disklabel on a normal partition? Everything > > I try using fdisk and disklabel fails. fdisk will create a normal > > freebsd-dedicated dos partition, but disklabel refuses to label it. > > After fdisk creating partitions try, > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0s1 count=16 > > Then disklabel -r -w and disklabel -B > > Tru64-UNIX has a disklabel -z option which zeros out the disk label. > Compaq and Digital before that recommended disklabel -z prior to laying > down a new label. Should we consider a -z option for our disklabel? > > > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 > Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca > Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA > Province of BC > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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