Subject: Re: new disk
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Richard Horwood <rich@mondial.com.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/26/1998 16:19:33
> 
> 1. Put a minimal entry in /etc/disktab - dt,ty,se,ns and nc
> attributes should be enough.
> 
>   eg
>         fuj1606|FUJITSU M1606S-512 1041MB SCSI2:\
>         :dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#6:ns#102:nc#3457:
> 
> 2. Write the label using this prototype
> 
>         disklabel -w -r sd1 fuj1606
>                           ^  ^^^
>                           |   \------ from disktab
>                           \--------new disk id
> 
> 3. You will then have a basic label on the disk, which you can edit
> (add partitions etc) with
> 
>         disklabel -e -r sd1
> 
> 4. newfs etc

Thanks, disklabel -t did the trick.

I did try this at one point, but it didn't appear to work.

Thanks for the help tho :)