On 11/14/07, Clint Pachl  wrote:

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> knitti wrote:

> > Instead of e.g. /dev/sd0a try /dev/rsd0a. I didn't try with svnd, but

> > when copying partitions with dd I use this.

> >

>

> I tried that, but like I said fdisk complained when the svnd device is

> associated with the raw direct access disk device. For example

>

> # vnconfig -k svnd0 /dev/rwd1c

>

> # fdisk -c 19457 -h 255 -s 63 -i svnd0  # disk CHS

> fdisk: error initializing MBR: bad address

>

> # fdisk -c 19456 -h 254 -s 63 -i svnd0  # OpenBSD partition CHS

> fdisk: error initializing MBR: bad address

>

> # fdisk -i svnd0

> Warning CHS values out of bounds only saving LBA values

> fdisk: error initializing MBR: bad address

>

well, the 'c' slice is a bit 'special', perhaps try an 'a' slice filling the

whole disk but the first track? After all, I think its weird not to have

an MBR etc. on the real disk. (Which doesn't mean that I couldn't

imagine that).
--knitti