On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 07:34:40PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote:
> I'm not able to figure out how to make a BSD disklabel in fdisk since v2.23.
>
> Gentoo's installation guide describes the process of partitioning a
> disk for SRM/Alpha [1]. How should one do this now?
>
> With my distro's util-linux-2.25 I don't see any option that resembles
> BSD disklabels -- I see only
>
> Create a new label
> g create a new empty GPT partition table
> G create a new empty SGI (IRIX) partition table
> o create a new empty DOS partition table
> s create a new empty Sun partition table
>
> What am I missing?
You have to create a DOS (MBR) label first, and then there is
DOS (MBR)
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit nested BSD disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
For example:
# fdisk /dev/sdc
...
Command (m for help): n
Partition type
p primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
e extended (container for logical partitions)
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1):
First sector (2048-1023999, default 2048):
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-1023999, default 1023999):
Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 499 MiB.
...
Command (m for help): t <----!!!
Partition type (type L to list all types): a5
Changed type of partition 'Linux' to 'FreeBSD'.
...
Command (m for help): b <----!!!
The device /dev/sdc1 does not contain BSD disklabel.
Do you want to create a BSD disklabel? [Y]es/[N]o: y
...
Command (m for help): p
...
Slice Start End Sectors Size Type Fsize Bsize Cpg
c 2048 1023999 1021952 499M unused 0 0 0
d 0 1023059 1023060 499.6M unused 0 0 0
Karel
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