Subject: Re: edlabel problems
To: None <kshuff@fast.net>
From: David Evans <dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca>
List: port-vax
Date: 04/16/1997 16:54:28
kshuff@fast.net wrote:
>
> This might be a dumb question, but how do you exit from edlabel? Im
> trying to install a NetBSD Sep 96 release on a MicroVAX II, but every
> time I come to edlabel , I enter the drive geometry and partition
> layout, and enter "q" to quit, then it asks me for another disk to
> label.
You have to use "w" to write out the label information. If you do this it
should bring you back to the normal edlabel prompt.
> If I halt the processor, reboot off the installation tape, and
> enter edlabel again and do a "s" for show, nothing was written. How do
> I get out of edlabel and have the information saved? >
You're right about how to get out of it--you just missed a step.
Good luck with it!
--
David Evans (NeXTMail OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca
Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/
University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer
Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual