Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. This page contains some notes about the steps the [[/BSDInstaller]] takes to prepare disks before installing %%FreeBSD%%. ==== Current Version ==== Steps: - Select the disk to install to - Format the disk - Check the disk geomentry - Runs Storage.Disk.cmds_format: - fdisk -I %%<%%raw_device_name> - echo "g c%%<%%cylinders> h%%<%%heads> s%%<%%sectors>" > format.fdisk - echo "p 1 %%<%%sysid> %%<%%sectors> %%<%%size>" >> format.disk (size = disksize - sectors) - echo "p 2 0 0 0" >> format.disk - echo "p 3 0 0 0" >> format.disk - echo "p 4 0 0 0" >> format.disk - echo "a 1" >> format.disk - fdisk -v -f format.disk %%<%%device_name> - fdisk %%<%%device_name> - yes | fdisk -B %%<%%devide name> - Slice the disk - Foreach slice add it to the table of slices to create - Runs Storage.Disk.cmds_partition: - echo "g c%%<%%cylinders> h%%<%%heads> s%%<%%sectors>" > new.fdisk - Foreach slice (up to 4) - echo "p %%<%%number> %%<%%sysid> %%<%%start> %%<%%size>" >> new.disk - echo "a %%<%%active_part>" >> new.fdisk - fdisk -v -f newfdisk %%<%%device_name> - fdisk %%<%%device_name> - Install Bootblocks - Select the slice to install to - Select Partitions to create - Additional Filesystems bsdinstaller/preparedisk.txt Last modified: 2008/06/17 21:37by 127.0.0.1