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From: dwatson@stout.entertain.com (Darryl Watson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Syquest 135MB - How to set up?
Date: 25 Feb 1996 15:12:34 -0700
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Hi folks.

I an running FreeBSD 2.1R with an Adaptec 2940 controller.

I am trying to get my Syquest 135MB drive in a usable state, and have been
reading through the fdisk and disklabel man pages, but to no avail!  :(

My syquest drive shows up as the following in dmesg:

	(ahc0:5:0): "SyQuest EZ135S 1_13" type 0 removable SCSI 2
	sd1(ahc0:5:0): Direct-Access 128MB (262144 512 byte sectors)

I have a cartridge in which was previously formatted via DOS 6.22 and the
Syquest format utility.  The 1st partition takes up all of the disk.

How do I format this drive for unix?  I'd like to create a partition like
sd1h to take up the whole drive.

Any pointers (especially literal commands) appreciated.