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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: Help with (ugh!) Geometry X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 22 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DLq0tK.MBI@ritz.mordor.com> References: <4di40l$9g1@spectator.cris.com> <4djvs4$d6u@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4dts64$8pn@venus.os.com> <4e3r88$6th@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 05:05:44 GMT Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!news.rucc.net.au!sparky.wire.net.au!news.internex.net.au!news.mira.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : craigs@os.com (Craig Shrimpton) writes: : : > I tried this with my ST-43400N and it would not write a disklabel until I : > entered: ns, nt, and nc. Notice I did define su but disklabel ignored it. : > : > st443400n|Seagate ST-43400N: \ : > :ty=winchester:dt=SCSI:su#5688447:\ : > :ns#99:nt#21:nc#2735:rm#5400:\ : > :ob#5620000:pb#64000:tb=swap:\ : > :oc#0:pc#5688447:\ : > :oh#0:ph#5620000:th=4.2BSD:bh#8192:fh#1024: : : Btw., in FreeBSD-current, you can simply do : : disklabel -r -w sd1 auto : disklabel -e sd1 Best news I've heard in quite some time. Next time you're in New York City, I'll buy the beer. :-) Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451