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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!mikes@cs.indiana.edu From: "Michael Squires" <mikes@cs.indiana.edu> Subject: Info on writing disktab entries Message-ID: <1993Mar23.090648.3203@news.cs.indiana.edu> Summary: pointers to info, please Keywords: disktab bad144 Organization: Indiana University Computer Science, Bloomington Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1993 09:06:41 -0500 Lines: 27 I am going to rebuild my 386 BSD system that uses an old ESDI drive. I wrote a disktab entry for it that seems to work, but it was based on some guesswork which I would like to clear up. Pointers to info on writing disktab entries, especially on where to locate the bad144 remapping area and how to determine the size would be appreciated. My current disktab entry is mini660|Miniscribe 660MB ESDI 1659 :\ :dt=ESDI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#15:ns#53:nc#1659:sf: \ :pa#22260:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#8192:fa#1024: \ :pb#100170:ob#22260:tb=swap: \ :pc#1318905:oc#0: \ :pd#1318905:od#0: \ :pg#585120:og#122430:tg=4.2BSD:bg#4096:fg#512:\ :ph#599430:oh#707550:th=4.2BSD:bh#4096:fh#512: a = root, b = swap, c = d = whole disk (no DOS), g = /usr/home, h = /usr. a + b + g + h = 1306980 sectors; that leaves 15 cylinders between the end of h and the end of the disk. -- Mike Squires (mikes@cs.indiana.edu) 812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h) mikes@cs.indiana.edu 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408