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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SEAGATE DISK
Date: 30 Nov 1995 21:24:33 GMT
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cooker@ci.ua.pt (Fernando Cozinheiro) writes:

> I'm trying to install a SEAGATE 9 GB disk  (reference  ST410800N), but I
> don't succeed with fdisk or disklabel  commands...  Does anyone  already
> succeeded with any disk of this type?

Which system?

Assuming FreeBSD-2.1, and your intention to dedicate the entire
disk to FreeBSD:

Run sysinstall, select C)ustom installation, and enter the P)artition
editor.  Select A)ll FreeBSD, and use the non-default ``dangerously
dedicated'' option (not compatible with other systems on the same
disk).  Then use W)rite from the partition editor, and exit
sysinstall.

Finally, run

	disklabel -e -r sdX

(with X == the sd unit number of your disk), and edit the BSD
partitions you need.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)