Subject: Re: getting a label on a non-NetBSD hard drive
To: Analysis and Solutions <info@analysisandsolutions.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 07/12/2001 22:24:19
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:19:36PM -0400, Analysis and Solutions wrote:
> Hey Boys and Girls:
>
> Having a problem accessing my second hard drive. Here's it's configuration:
>
> MBR Position Type File System Size in gb Contents
> 1 Primary DOS FAT 32 3.5 Main Data Files
> 2 Extended DOS n/a 6 n/a
> FAT 32 6 Large Data Files
> n/a Free Space n/a .2 n/a
>
>
> I'm doing a fresh install of NetBSD 1.5.1. Install goes fine. But, I can't
> get mbrlabel to write a label on my Primary IDE Slave Drive. Here's what I
> tried:
If this disk doesn't have a NetBSD partition you don't want to do this:
this will overwrite your MBR.
mbrlabel is kind enouth to not allow that :)
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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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