PR487. From John Kohl. (more examples and some corrections)
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.\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.9 1995/03/18 14:54:38 cgd Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: disklabel.8,v 1.10 1996/01/16 06:41:20 hpeyerl Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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@ -279,8 +279,20 @@ Display the in-core label for sd0 as obtained via
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.Dl disklabel -w -r /dev/rsd0c sd2212 foo
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.Pp
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Create a label for sd0 based on information for ``sd2212'' found in
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.Pa /etc/disktab .
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Any existing bootstrap code will be clobbered.
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.Pa /etc/disktab ,
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using
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.Pa foo
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as the disk pack label.
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Any existing bootstrap code will be clobbered. If you do not have an
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entry for your disk in
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.Pa /etc/disktab ,
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you can use this style to put
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an initial label onto a new disk. Then dump the label to a file (using
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.Em disklabel sd0 > protofile
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),
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editing the file, and replacing the label with
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.Em disklabel -R sd0
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.Em protofile .
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.Pp
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.Dl disklabel -e -r sd0
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.Pp
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installed both in-core and on-disk.
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The bootstrap code comes from the file
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.Pa /usr/mdec/newboot .
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.Pp
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.Dl disklabel -R -r sd0 <protofile>
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.Pp
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Install a new label and bootstrap on a disk, from a prototype label
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file. This is a good way to install a label on a previously unlabeled
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disk for which no entry appears in
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.Pa /etc/disktab ,
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if you create the
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prototype file by dumping some other disk's label to a file and editing
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it appropriately (total size, partition offsets, types, etc.)
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr disktab 5 ,
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.Xr disklabel 5
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.Sh BUGS
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When a disk name is given without a full pathname,
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the constructed device name uses the ``a'' partition on the tahoe,
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the ``c'' partition on all others.
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the ``d'' partition on the i386 or its successors, and the ``c''
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partition on all others.
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