Fw: GELI question

[Balgansuren Batsukh]

Hello,

I am trying to use /dev/ad0.elia as root partition.

How can I boot kernel from /dev/ad0.elia partition?

Balgaa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Balgansuren Batsukh" <balgaa at mongol.net>
To: <freebsd-stable at freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: GELI question


> Hello,
>
> 1.I get to work vi and trying to make label on disk.
>
> I did following using bsdlabel -e /dev/ad0.eli
>
> # /dev/ad0.eli:
>
>         8 partitions:
>         #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
>           a:     1G        16    4.2BSD 2048 16384
>           b:     384M   *      swap
>           c:     156301487        0    unused  0  0
>           d:     8G       *    4.2BSD
>           e:     15G     *    4.2BSD
>           f:       *        *    4.2BSD
>
> My laptop with 80GB hard disk, but fdisk inform 76319MB. In above 
> disklabel, I try to use entire hard disk, but I get "partition f: 
> partition extends past end of unit" message when try to write it. How can 
> I inform bsdlabel to determine correct end of geometry?
>
> 2.If possible I would like to use first 4xGB for FreeBSD and second 3xGB 
> for Linux. In this case can I to install Linux on encrypted hard disk?
>
> Balgaa
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dmitry Morozovsky" <marck at rinet.ru>
> To: "Balgansuren Batsukh" <balgaa at mongol.net>
> Cc: <freebsd-stable at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 11:34 PM
> Subject: Re: GELI question
>
>
>> On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, Balgansuren Batsukh wrote:
>>
>> BB> I initialized hard disk and successfully attached.
>> BB>
>> BB> Also I done "bsdlabel -w /dev/ad0.eli", but when I try to execute 
>> "bsdlabel
>> BB> -e /dev/ad0.eli" it says "bsdlabel: /mnt2/stand/vi: No such file or
>> BB> directory".
>> BB>
>> BB> I try to find vi editor, can't find it on /bin, /sbin etc.,
>>
>> on current fixit CDs with embedded live FS it is on /mnt2/usr/bin
>>
>> unset EDITOR
>>
>> may help.
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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>> *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck at rinet.ru ***
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