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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!newsfeeds.sol.net!news-xfer.netaxs.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.apfel.de!univ-lyon1.fr!fdn.fr!r2d2.fdn.org!sphynx.fdn.fr!causse From: causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (Philippe Causse) Subject: Re: Q: How to create a FreeBSD fs on Iomega Zip 100? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: individual - paris - france Message-ID: <EALADn.K6@sphynx.fdn.fr> References: <3383B25C.41C67EA6@XXsnet.net> Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:44:11 GMT Lines: 54 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41436 Jeffrey M. Metcalf (metcalf@XXsnet.net) wrote: : Hello, : I recently got an Iomega SCSI Zip 100 drive and would like to put a : FreeBSD UFS : partition on it that is as large as possible. I was wondering if anyone : had : a canned method for doing this. My understanding is that I need the : following : three steps: : 1. Write fdisk partition label (os is it pfdisk?) I believe step 1 is not mandatory. I succeeded without doing it on a SyQuest. : 2. Use disklabel Yes! You should probably make an entry in your /etc/disktab. This saves work! See man-page for disktab(5). Don't forget to use dmesg(8) to check the numbers of cyl and sect/track of your zip. These infos are relevant and should be written in your disktab entry. Last hint: if disklabel woes, try blanking the disk with dd before writing the label. This will cause the kernel to generate a synthetic label. And finally, use the "-w -r" switches to write the label directly to the disk. : 3. Use newfs (possibly tunefs) Yes. Tunefs should not be required since modifiable parameters can be specified at the newfs command line. But your are free to use it later! : I would need help mostly with the first two steps (what are the proper : options : for the Iomega 100 Zip media for the appropriate commands in steps 1 and : 2?) This information should be available at boot time. Look in the results of dmesg (I repeat myself a little bit). : It seems to me that the command line options should be pretty standard : for : the Iomega Zip 100 media. From which point of view ??? : Thank You, : JM : -- : Jeffrey M. Metcalf : metcalf@XXsnet.net : (Please remove the nospam XX from my above address for e-mail replies.) Fermentation fault. Coors dumped. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- P. Causse http://www.fdn.fr/~pcausse 4.4BSD/X11R6/Motif-2.0/C++ mailto:causse@sphynx.fdn.fr (UUCP)