Peter McGarvey wrote: > * Ian Freislich <ianf_at_za.uu.net> [2003-07-14 13:58:39 BST]: > > Hi > > > > This might sound like a really simple question, but what used to > > work no longer does. How do you partition, label and make a disk > > bootable? > > And this may sound like a really stupid answer, but have you considered > using /stand/sysinstall? Yes. See paragraph 4. Aside, I'd like to be able to do this from the command line anyway. > > > I've used fdisk to create one slice (da0s1). I then used bsdlabel > > to make make the partitions a, b, e and f. Then to put the boot > > block on 'disklabel -B /dev/da0s1' - if I 'disklabel -B /dev/da0' > > it trashes the label. Then I copy all my filesystems off the IDE > > drive I'm trying to rid myself of onto the SCSI disk. When I tell > > the BIOS to boot off SCSI, it complains 'Missing Operating System'. > > > > So I try to dd the first 512 bytes of ad0 onto da0. The BIOS now > > doesn't complain about a missing operating system, it just hangs > > and the label on da0 is trashed. > > > > So, after about 7 cycles of fdisk, label, newfs, dump, restore, > # boot SCSI die 'Missing Operating System', boot IDE I give up and > # try to use sysinstall compiled on July 9 from sources of the same > # thinking 'surely the installer must be able to make a disk bootable'. > # It can't either. BTW, it doesn't even make the filesystems when > # you 'w'rite the changes in the label editor, even though it say's > > it's makeing the filesystems. So for the moment, I have to keep > > the IDE disk just for the MBR and type '1:da(0,a)/boot/loader' which > > is a bit inconvenient. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions short of putting the disks I want > > labeled in a -STABLE box (which will be a major PITA since my -STABLE > > box doesn't have SCSI and the controler is on-board on my -CURRENT > > box)? > > > > Ian > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" > > -- > TTFN, FNORD > > Peter McGarvey > Freelance FreeBSD Hacker > (will work for bandwidth) >Received on Mon Jul 14 2003 - 04:49:47 UTC
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