If I add an extra initial line: 4 partitions:
Then I no longer get the error message. But it does say sector size 0, and just typing: disklabel ad0s1 shows the same information as before. 2009/4/20 Colin Adams <[email protected]>: > I also tried saving the output from disklabel ad0s1 and just using the > last part of that. > But I get the same error messages. It looks like a bug in disklabel to me. > > 2009/4/20 Colin Adams <[email protected]>: >> Thanks. >> >> I am having problems with the disklabel. >> >> I get: >> >> line 2: partition name out of range a-`: a >> >> and similar for lines 3 - 5 >> >> I tried reading the disklabel man page, but could not find anything >> that said where I was going wrong. >> >> P.S. I have a UK keyboard - this is not recognised. I work round it by >> typing SHIFT-3 (£) to produce a #, but I wonder >> if this might be relevant (though I can't think why it should be). >> >> 2009/4/19 Michael Neumann <[email protected]>: >>> Am Sonntag, 19. April 2009 14:30:56 schrieben Sie: >>>> But I don't want to install on Hammer. I only have 160GB disk, and >>>> Matt has said you shouldn't consider Hammer on less than 500GB, if I >>>> remember rightly. >>> >>> You don't have to. The instructions are similar for UFS. Replace >>> newfs_hammer with newfs for example and ignore all Hammer related stuff. >>> >>> Take a look at /usr/share/examples/rconfig/auto.sh . >>> It should be available on the installer CD. It's an example how to >>> install DragonFly without the installer using UFS. Of course you need to >>> change "fdisk -IB $disk" into "fdisk -IB -C $disk" in this file. >>> >>> If you have any further questions, please ask. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 2009/4/19 Michael Neumann <[email protected]>: >>>> > On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:00:21 +0100 >>>> > >>>> > Colin Adams <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> 2009/4/18 Jordan Gordeev <[email protected]>: >>>> >> > Colin Adams wrote: >>>> >> >> I don't know if it is the same problem (it certainly sounds >>>> >> >> similar). >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> This is not a laptop though. Nor is it an old machine (less >>>> >> >> than 3 years old). >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> Anyway, I have booted DragonFly from the live CD and logged in >>>> >> >> as root. >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> But what device name do I use (I only have one disk)? >>>> >> >> Everything I guessed at, it says "device not configured". >>>> >> >> >>>> >> >> 2009/4/17 Michael Neumann <[email protected]>: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Try ad0 or sd0. >>>> >> > You should look at dmesg(8) output and see what devices the >>>> >> > kernel has recognised (and what names they got). >>>> >> >>>> >> I had already tried ad0. >>>> >> >>>> >> dmesg revealed that the disk hadn't been seen at all. Perhaps I >>>> >> plugged it in too late. Re-booting and re-plugging really early >>>> >> did the trick (it was ad0, which was where the live DVD installed >>>> >> DragonFly yesterday). >>>> >> >>>> >> so fdisk -C ad0 says (slightly abbreviated): >>>> >> >>>> >> cylinders=310101 heads=16 sectors/track=63 (1008 blks/cyl) >>>> >> >>>> >> Media sector size is 512 bytes. >>>> >> Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 >>>> >> Information form DOS bootblock is: >>>> >> The data for partition 1 is: >>>> >> ssysid 165,(DragonFly/FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) >>>> >> start 63, size 312581745 (152627 Meg), flag 80 (active) >>>> >> beg: cyl 0/ head 1/ sector 1; >>>> >> end: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63 >>>> >> partitions 2 3 and 4 <UNUSED> >>>> >> >>>> >> So where do I go from here? >>>> > >>>> > Basically, follow those instructions below, replacing ad4 with ad0, >>>> > and "fdisk -B -I ad4" with "fdisk -B -I -C ad0". You simply have to >>>> > by-pass the installer, because it doesn't use the "-C" option in >>>> > fdisk, which is essential! >>>> > >>>> > http://www.ntecs.de/blog/articles/2008/07/30/dragonfly-on-hammer/ >>>> > >>>> > The instructions above are a bit outdated, but they should still >>>> > work. You can stop the instructions after "reboot". >>>> > >>>> > Regards, >>>> > >>>> > Michael >>> >>> -- >>> Rubyist for over a decade >>> >> >
