Subject: Re: partitions
To: Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@ENGR.ORST.EDU>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/25/1997 16:36:51
The '*' means that the partition uses a partial cylinder - ie
starts or ends not on a cylinder boundary.
Its nothing to worry about - unless your port requires a
compatible disklabel that must start & end on partition
boundaries (sparc & sun3/sun3x spring to mind :)
David/abs abs@anim.dreamworks.com
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On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, Nathan Gelbard wrote:
> Given:
>
> /dev/rsd0c:
> type: SCSI
> disk: sd2213A
> label: NESTUCCA_SERVER
> bytes/sector: 512
> sectors/track: 28
> tracks/cylinder: 16
> sectors/cylinder: 448
> cylinders: 2894
> total sectors: 1296512
> rpm: 4002
>
> 3 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
> a: 1164992 448 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 1 - 2601*)
> b: 130624 1165888 swap # (Cyl. 2602*- 2893*)
> c: 1296512 0 boot # (Cyl. 0 - 2893
>
> What would be the correct size #s for a: being the whole disk minus
> the size of the swap & minus the bootsector offset. Swap
> needs to be around 80mb (40mb ram)?
>
> I keep getting these starts on the Cyl comments, which I think means
> they are overlapping.
>
> Thanx,
> Nate
>