On Sun, Jan 06, 2019 at 02:46:54PM -0800, Matt Turner wrote: > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 2:31 PM Bob Tracy <rct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Has anyone reading this used a recent version of "fdisk" to create a BSD > > disklabel and disk slices from scratch on an Alpha? If so, would you > > please describe the procedure in enough detail that relevant Linux > > installation documentation could be updated? It would seem to be anything > > *but* intuitive :-(. > > fdisk's BSD disklabel support has been unusable raw disks, as far as I > understand, since v2.23. See > https://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg11869.html > > > If "fdisk" is the wrong utility, I need a pointer to the correct one(s). > > At this point, I'm seriously considering digging out my old Debian 4.0 > > CDs and harvesting the essential pieces. > > > > As always, thanks in advance. > > Use 'parted' instead. It works well. Reminds me that I need to change > the Gentoo handbook to reference parted instead of fdisk. > > > For what it's worth, the new Gentoo "install-alpha-minimal" image fixed > > the "qla1280" firmware loading issue for the most part (a module reload > > is required to get the firmware to load). > > Good to hear. I suspect the module is in the initramfs but the > firmware is on the root file system. Hmm.. Re: parted. Thanks. Presumably included in the i-a-m image: count on me to say something if not :-). Appreciate the steer. --Bob
