The Undefined
Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:54:05 -0500
On Mon, Sep 06, 2004 at 06:16:25PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > > cfdisk is AFAIK only used to edit DOS or PC-BIOS like partition tables. > > Sparc computers use their "slices" only, so there's exactly no use for > > such a partition sector on a Sparc computer's harddisk... > > Not true, people can and do use PC style boot blocks on their > Sparc systems all the time. You just can't use one easily on > the partition you wish to boot from, that's all. true ;) [EMAIL PROTECTED] undefine]# fdisk -l /dev/hda /dev/hdc |egrep "Disk|cyl" Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 15 heads, 63 sectors, 8892 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Disk /dev/hdc: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
on my ultra 10, when i connect secondary hdd i can't use there sun disklabels - it writes that there is too many cylinders or blocks.. with msdos label it works fine. -- Andrzej 'The Undefined' Dopierała UNIX && Linux administrator, Adam Mickiewicz University WMiI PLD Linux Developer HomePage: http://aramin.net/ JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]