Re: disklabel: partition X: partition extends past end of unit

From: Tim Judd (tjudd01_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/29/04

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    Syn NOSPAM wrote:

    >
    >
    > Tim Judd wrote:
    >
    >> Probably something to do with the disk geometry being foobar'd on
    >> boot. During partitioning, it's <IMPOSSIBLE> to partition beyond the
    >> boundries, but post install, it queries the drive (at least this is on
    >> the i386 architecture) and the drive is supposed to send the proper
    >> data back, but with BIOS' from 486 machines up, the BIOS can translate
    >> and give weird responses to the OS.
    >>
    >> Check for some sort of drive geometry information in the docs.
    >
    >
    > Well I am on a Sun Netra X1 using sparc64 architecture so no i386 and
    > bios stuff. So what do you suggest me to do ? Check the docs from the
    > harddisk manufacter and enter manually all HD data like cylinders,
    > heads, and so on ?
    >
    > Regards
    >

    isn't there a sparc64 mailing list for openbsd? (checking website, for
    you.. ahem) http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html sparc (OpenBSD/sparc and
    OpenBSD/sparc64 ports). A web-interface for membership can be found at:
    http://lists.openbsd.org/

    As far as the physical machine goes; I've never even seen a sparc64 so I
    have no clue as to where to begin. I asked a friend for one, but I
    doubt he has it anymore :(

    Good Luck
    Tim

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