Indeed it does... but disklabel asks for many more values (like
sectors per track - at boot time there is no mention of tracks and
a few others)...

Gilles.

Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 06:32:48PM +0100, Gilles Gravier wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Trying to install NetBSD1.5.2 on my Ultra1... copied the miniroot.fs
> > to c0t0d0s1 and can boot off of it, but the disklabel is all messed up
> > (only shows a 52MG partition)... So I need to write a full disklabel
> > for my disk.
> >
> > The disk is an IBM DCAS23160SUN2.1G disk... what are the parameters
> > I should use to write a proper disklabel and start installing
> > NetBSD?
> 
> When booting, the kernel should tell you the disk's number of sectors
> and geometry. Use that in the disklabel.
> 
> --
> Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
> --

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