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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!spool.mu.edu!wupost!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu!not-for-mail From: eddy@aludra.usc.edu (George Edmond Eddy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Help Needed on Installtion to my IDE HD Date: 15 Sep 1992 09:48:22 -0700 Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 36 Message-ID: <19544mINNmvu@aludra.usc.edu> References: <fSCJOZO@quack.sac.ca.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu benjie@quack.sac.ca.us (Android) writes: >I post the problem two weeks ago and didn't get any answer. Here I will >try it again. >I am having the reboot-loop problem, which the disklabel is missing. I >did the installation process through install* on disk.fs. >I tried to install the system myself, but I don't know how to partition >the harddrive using Tiny386. >Please help. >Ben i am not sure what you meen by disklabel is missing? anyway, the way i got around the reboot loop was to remove the badsect flag from the disklabel, using `disklabel -r -e wd0', or better yet, remove the :sf field from the disktab entry. I do not know if this is the proper thing to do but, it is all i could come up with. >I tried to install the system myself, but I don't know how to partition >the harddrive using Tiny386. you must boot from the fixit floppy and create your own disktab entry to create *real* partitioning. The process can be found in the FAQ, from your favorite ftp site. >-- > BBB Benjie Chen > BCCCB benjie@quack.sac.ca.us > BCCCB No Axiomatic System Could Produce All Number- > BBB Theoretical Truths, Unless It Is Inconsistent. - rusty -- eddy@usc.edu