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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