Subject: Re: Installing 'big' harddiscs.
To: None <jscharrl@BA-Stuttgart.De>
From: Scott Stevens <s.k.stevens@ic.ac.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 06/16/1997 14:33:12
Jochen Scharrlach writes:
> Hi,
>
> > disklabel -w -r wd0a st32132a
> > disklabel: /dev/rdw0a: Device not configured.
>
> `wd0a' is the first *partition* on the disc - to disklabel the *disc*
> you'll have to use wd0 :)
>
> AFAIK the only "big-disc problem" is, that the RiscBSD-partion must
> not *start* above the 2GB-limit.
This is only true is you want to use UnixFS with the partition...
This includes native booting.
> Bye,
> Jochen
Cheers Scott
--
Scott Stevens, Network Services Group, Computer Centre, Imperial College
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