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From: j@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: YET ANOTHER disklabel AND IDE 2nd DRIVE PROBLEM - HELP!!
Date: 7 Oct 1993 16:49:54 +0100
Organization: Textil Computer Design GmbH Dresden, Germany
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Message-ID: <291dr2INN9rn@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>
References: <CE8Hy0.6tv@csi.compuserve.com>
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In <CE8Hy0.6tv@csi.compuserve.com> mfoley@csi.compuserve.com (M Foley) writes:
>cp3204|Conner Peripherals CP3204F 200MB IDE:\
> :dt=IDE:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#16:ns#38:nc#683: \
> :pa#415264:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512:
In fact, the `d' partition is missing. `d' is always considered to be
the partition containing the whole disk.
Maybe, the differences you described are due to the fact the wd driver
has detected a DOS partition table (unlike w/ your ST-157). Thus it would
like to write a 386BSD sub-partition. You should either add a `d'
partition line (pd and od identical to `a' partition, other fields
omitted), or you invalidate the boot sector by storing zero's over
it. (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd1d bs=512 count=1)
WARNING: all this presumes you wanna give up your DOS partition table!
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