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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!husc-news.harvard.edu!husc.harvard.edu!haley Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: New DISK! Newer Than disktab!!! OH SHIT!!! HELLLP!!! Message-ID: <haley.736682158@husc.harvard.edu> From: haley@scws5.harvard.edu (Elizabeth Haley) Date: 6 May 93 09:55:58 GMT Keywords: New Newer Newest Maxtor 7245AT Summary: Maxtor 7245AT IDE, Need disktab, or instruction. Nntp-Posting-Host: scws5.harvard.edu Lines: 26 So, I got my federal tax return, and I bike up to a local Computer shop, and get me A NEW DRIVE!!! Now I can seriously join the ranks of those who have dedicated their lives to seeking past MAXMEM... But wait, gotta label this thing... I wanta set up three partitions, really: A 64 cylinder swap space (about 16 Megs) and a roughly 100 Meg partition, and all the rest in another. But people got these weird numbers in their disktabs that don't add up... How do I do this then... I tried one way, a= whole disk (0-965), b= 902 - 965 (64 cylinders for swap) c= 0 - 399 (~100 Megs) d= 400 - 901 (The rest) Sizes and offset were computed by measuring the various cylinders times the sectors per cylinder, 496... Can someone suggest a method, or point me to a better source of info than man pages?