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From: pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas x4629)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: install problems (solution)
Message-ID: <49972@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 28 Nov 92 18:06:45 GMT
Sender: usenet@shamash.cdc.com
Organization: ICEM Systems, Inc.
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Well, I finally figured out what was wrong with 'install'.  It was
causing my machine to lock up right after asking if I wanted to install
on the entire drive.

It turned out that disklabel was the culprit.  So
I did a 'disklabel wd0' to get the old (bogus) label.  I then copied 
the drive information and created a real disklabel:

7213|maxtor7213at|Maxtor 7213 210MB IDE:\
        :dt=ESDI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#16:ns#38:nc#683:\
        :pa#18848:oa#0:ba#4096:fa#512:ta=4.2BSD:\
        :pb#32832:ob#18848:tb=swap:\
        :pc#415264:oc#0:\
        :pd#415264:od#0:\
        :ph#363584:oh#51680:bh#4096:fh#512:th=4.2BSD:

and did the following:

  # disklabel -wr wd0 7213

and all is well now!

On to the installation process...
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