On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 09:25:54AM -0700, John D. Davis wrote: > I had some problems with fdisk when I first tried to parition the disk. > This is what my partition looks like: > > Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 5 heads, 104 sectors, 4019 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 520 * 512 bytes > > ----- partitions ----- > Device Info Start End Sectors Id System > /dev/sda1 boot 101 3820 1934400 83 Linux native > /dev/sda2 swap 3821 3980 83200 82 Linux swap > /dev/sda9 0 100 52520 0 SGI volhdr > /dev/sda11 0 3980 2069785 6 SGI volume > ----- bootinfo ----- > Bootfile: /linux > ----- directory entries ----- > 0: sgilabel sector 4 size 512 > 1: sash sector 5 size 140800 > 2: ide sector 280 size 980992 > 3: linux sector 2196 size 2636202 > > I actually created the swap partition first and then the main linux > partition. Then I changed the volume header size. I used the following > website as a guide for the install: > http://www.stafwag.f2s.com/indy/?lang=eng > Hope this helps.
Now I have: Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 9 heads, 117 sectors, 4016 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1053 * 512 bytes ----- partitions ----- Pt# Device Info Start End Sectors Id System 1: /dev/sda1 boot 101 3900 4001400 83 Linux native 2: /dev/sda2 swap 3901 4015 121095 82 Linux swap 9: /dev/sda3 0 100 106353 0 SGI volhdr 11: /dev/sda4 0 4015 4228848 6 SGI volume ----- Bootinfo ----- Bootfile: /unix ----- Directory Entries ----- 0: sgilabel sector 2 size 512 1: sash sector 3 size 283648 2: ide sector 558 size 283648 When I make dvhtool -d /dev/sda --unix-to-vh /target/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.5 linux I have: dvh_open: Bad volume header Can't open Disk Volume Header eloy
