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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!data.nas.nasa.gov!taligent!apple!voder!nsc!amdahl!JUTS!phoenix!gpw10 From: gpw10@phoenixcd.amdahl.com (Gary Ward) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: HELP.. Disklabel, Disktab, newfs problems Message-ID: <87GZ02nv29EN01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> Date: 2 Nov 92 20:06:11 GMT References: <1992Nov1.195837.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> <1992Nov1.181354.231@tvt-k> Sender: netnews@ccc.amdahl.com Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 24 In article <1992Nov1.181354.231@tvt-k>, paul@tvt-k (Paul Pries) writes: [ stuff deleted...] > > You made the same mistake as I did. > Dont't use the "d" partition, because it seems that it is used > as a kind of DOS (arrrgh) partition in 386bsd. > Set it as "unused" and use another one. By the way, you don't > need a swap partition on the second disk... > > Be cool! > /Paul. You are correct in that you should not be using the "d" partition, but it has nothing to do with DOS. The d partition is "traditionally" used to reference the *entire* disk, and the SCSI driver expects that. The "b" paritition is also "traditionally" swap, at least on the first disk. I just avoided both of these letters and had no problem. -- +------------------------+---------------------------+ | Gary Ward | Amdahl Corporation | | gpw10@cd.amdahl.com | 1250 East Arques Avenue | | Phone : (408)746-8865 | P.O. Box 3470 M/S 142 | | | Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3470 | +------------------------+---------------------------+