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From: dhhoveme@rodan.acs.syr.EDU (David H. Hovemeyer)
Subject: REPOST: NetBSD 0.8: can't disklabel 2nd IDE
Message-ID: <1993Jul28.104210.26144@newstand.syr.edu>
Keywords: disklabel IDE NetBSD
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 93 10:42:10 EDT
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I don't think this post made it out when I originally posted it,
so here it is again...
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Howdy,
I have been trying to set up my second IDE hard drive
for use w/ NetBSD 0.8. I have read the relevant sections
of the FAQ, and came up with the following entry for
/etc/disktab:
cp30174e|Conner Peripherals 170MB IDE:\
:dt=ST506:ty=winchester:\
:nc#903:ns#46:nt#8:\
:se#512:\
:pa#165968:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512:\
:pb#1:ob#331936:\
:pc#332304:oc#0:\
:pd#332304:od#0:\
:pe#165968:oe#165968:te=4.2BSD:be#4096:fe#512:
My intent is to have 2 85 meg partitions (a and e) which
I can use. I set up b to be unused because I didn't want a
swap partition. c and d refer to the entire disk as per
the FAQ.
When I issue the disklabel command (as recommended in
section 2.5.4) I get the following:
# disklabel -w -r wd1 cp30174e
Bootstrap doesn't leave room for disk label
Can someone explain what I did wrong? I have tried various
strategies without success. Interestingly, I tried
# disklabel -e -r wd1
which appeared to generate a valid disklabel (after some
editing), but the subsequent
# newfs /dev/wd1a
caused the machine to hang (after seemingly doing the right
thing, i.e., listing the locations of superblock backups).
I am using:
NetBSD 0.8 base+comp+doc+misc+text
main drive: WD Caviar 2340 (NetBSD installed over
the entire drive)
slave drive: Conner 30174e
486SX, 4megs RAM, etc.
If anyone can give me an idea of what I need to do, I would
be very grateful.
Thanks,
Dave
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