> > I agree, but isn't it "Sun disk label"? At least that is what I > > have on my SS20: > > > > huilu:~# fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 14 heads, 72 sectors, 2036 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes > > > > Device Flag Begin Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 0 0 1400 705600 83 Linux native > > /dev/sda2 u 1401 1401 1441 20160 83 Linux native > > /dev/sda3 0 0 2036 1026144 5 Whole disk > > /dev/sda4 u 1442 1442 2036 299376 82 Linux swap > > This is almost exactly what I needed, just one thing, how do I do a > disklabel with fdisk?
If you are not afraid of experimenting, you could try what I did. At one point when I was playing with installation I decided to initialize the disk completely. I had a partial Debian installation on it and to get a fresh start I did "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda", let it run a while, interrupted it with ^C, run "sync", and then Stop-A to get the system prom monitor prompt. After that I did "boot net" to boot the rescue image over the net and start a new installation. When it was time to create the partitions, the disk had no label and, if I remember correctly, I was prompted by fdisk for correct values. Since I was not sure about them, I choose "auto configure" and accepted the defaults. I just checked fdisk and looks like "s" command goes through the same dialog I am describing above. You might want to try that before doing the "dd" trick. I also had to create the "Whole disk" partition by hand. I think Solaris does it automagically. Maybe this helps. If it does not, I can add some disks to the box and make notes how it goes exactly. However, I can not do that over the net, so you will have to wait for tomorrow for that :) // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
