Subject: Re: Disk drive confusion
To: Howard S Shubs <hshubs@mindspring.com>
From: Rahim Azizarab <rahim@megspo.megsinet.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/11/1997 20:17:24
Try using ufs.  It works fine for me.

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On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Howard S Shubs wrote:

> I'm trying to start actually doing something with MacBSD.  To start, I
> figured I'd mount partitions other than the root one, in order to put
> -source- code in and then build a kernel.  However, I'm falling down on the
> fist part.  When I try to mount a partition as /dev/sd1g, it seems to mount
> but my disk subsequently comes up fried.  Er, "g" isn't the whole-disk
> partition, is it?  I thought that was "d".  Also, I saw the debate as to
> which partition letters come when, but I didn't see how it was resolved.
> Until I can restore the sources, I really can't look it up myself,
> especially since at this point I have no idea where to start looking.
> 
> I added a line to fstab like so, after creating /home:
> 
> /dev/sd1g   /home  ffs 1 2
> 
> I also tried adding another one, since there was another "misc" A/UX
> partition on the drive:
> 
> /dev/sd1h   /usr1  ffs 1 2
> 
> after creating /usr1.  What am I doing wrong?
> 
> Howard S Shubs         hshubs@bix.com
> The Denim Adept        hshubs@mindspring.com
> 
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