Michael Tautschnig writes: > Hi Andreas, > > [...] > > the old *setup_harddisk* created the following partition table: > >=20 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 1275 10241406 83 Linux > > /dev/sda2 1276 1530 2048287+ 5 Extended > > /dev/sda5 1276 1530 2048256 82 Linux swap / Sola= > ris > >=20 > > Additionally on some of our machines a /scratch partition starting at > > cylinder 1531 was established: > >=20 > > /dev/sda3 1531 30401 231906307+ 83 Linux > >=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > In contrast to that the new setup-storage command creates a somewhat > > different partition table. > >=20 > > disk_config disk1 disklabel:msdos bootable:1 fstabkey:uuid > > primary / 10000 ext3 rw,noatime,errors=3Dremount-ro > > logical swap 2000 swap rw > >=20 > > leads to partitions which are 1 cylinder shorter than before: > >=20 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda1 * 1 1274 10233373+ 83 Linux > > /dev/sda2 1275 1528 2040255 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > > /dev/sda5 1275 1528 2040223+ 82 Linux swap / Sola= > ris > >=20 > >=20 > > How should the configuration file for setup-storage look like to > > reproduce the original partition table? > >=20 > > The man page doesn't mention 'c' for cylinders as size specification. > >=20 > > Cylinders aren't really useful these days as the numbers you get don't rela= > te to > anything really physically existing. Therefore I don't see much use in > implementing this unit of measurement. If you need a really precise > specification you may go to the level of bytes (use parted -s /dev/bla -s u= > nit B > print to obtain that information from one of the existing systems). > > As setup-storage has been implemented from scratch, the details of computin= > g the > size, which involve rounding to boundaries, may show subtle differences with > respect to the results of setup_harddisks. But, just curious, why does that > small difference matter for you?
These scratch partitions should be preserved if possible... I'll use parted -s instead of setup-storage... Thanks for your answer. Andreas > > Best regards, > Michael > > > --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNgO+qAAoJEKjvEonjOGdBNLoP/ifFOaxZfRDOQV0JXst5DyxJ > l8r3F1NfKXlhmbNNql5Ti43x3GeCmxsooPBmk5xQ3uH9vMTqqYHXOyc/Is1kLrc2 > 74vHw/iaSb1lBFNDFrKBlLIvJjAIp9QODTCqfx+KReOtBDmbxtCc9lZ7adLtg0M+ > Wyvb/OBDitp+oSqBdXHbfEkbL4IExEsgEr7YDMvi+rHNL50Rcu7i89nRTZk6O13V > ZW/2G+zhHGuDy6jSznE4KM6t4BMz/4RdMW+0B8SvqPcHjRvMWLcwpyIsocufMfHf > pSehZdb/CZAzj7koExg3gJXBijLSOr4B3cQkjVBnMxfy3EN78PmvFhqJ5EEhrJCa > jFGVAlH7lsZRcj26Hu0SWXQcF30GEb/HU4CYu+29+h80ox+0kpuX3L8ROGQcydBg > M767Cn0CyNDbs3ManAfABybsVmIyQ+8p7FECvlj+tT/wSYsor1eiwUuhSk5i1nOw > q3Oqb+0WxE2DYbJ7PHtO87dfuHKgLX7Znxg7OI4fnSt4j7rmZ9chBGMagFqJ/mLv > 1XSbi5P1+3gPI6UQl6hgh1BEYGyf1EJsR+oWY7CvBnsv98D8y9pLarFaFS7GcaCs > HoM4XcuBk9ublFqSDzqzULuvPsrxDpGLk8608dW7Szh9+fT3eYWOlJxZKOMNb1a7 > xnGE0J+byy220aZaThfX > =wWR0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --82I3+IH0IqGh5yIs--