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Installing Gentoo GNU/Linux 2004.3 on SPARC - Part 2 - Creating the Filesystems
Topic: GNU/Linux Posted:2005-01-01
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There are 7 parts to this article:
Part 1 - Gentoo on SPARC - Booting the Install CD
Part 2 - Gentoo on SPARC - Creating the Filesystems
Part 3 - Gentoo on SPARC - Copying Initial System, Portage, and Distfiles
Part 4 - Gentoo on SPARC - Creating the Kernel
Part 5 - Gentoo on SPARC - Getting Silo Installed
Part 6 - Gentoo on SPARC - Initial Logon
Part 7 - Gentoo on SPARC - Final Configuration
Let's create the filesystems. First, we need to partition the drive. Of course, this will destroy any data on the drive. Read our terms of use. We have a 4 gig drive as a boot drive. We plan to put PostgreSQL on one box, and intrusion detection software on the smaller box, so a root partition of 3 Gigs and the rest as swap should be just fine. We have to delete the old partitions first:
livecd root # fdisk /dev/sda
command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 135 sectors, 3880 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2160 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1881 3880 2158920 2 SunOS root
/dev/sda2 u 0 486 524880 3 SunOS swap
/dev/sda3 0 3880 4190400 5 Whole disk
/dev/sda8 486 1881 1506600 8 SunOS home
Command (m for help):
[a bunch of d commands to delete the partitions inserted here]
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 135 sectors, 3880 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2160 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
Command (m for help):
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Now, let's create the root and swap partitions:
Command (m for help): n
Partition number (1-8): 1
First cylinder (0-3880):
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (0-3880, default 3880): +3000M
Command (m for help): n
Partition number (1-8): 2
First cylinder (2713-3880): 2713
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (2713-3880, default 3880):
Using default value 3880
Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-8): 2
Hex code (type L to list codes):l
0 Empty 4 SunOS usr 7 SunOS var 83 Linux native
1 Boot 5 Whole disk 8 SunOS home 8e Linux LVM
2 SunOS root 6 SunOS stand 82 Linux swap fd Linux raid auto
3 SunOS swap
Hex code (type L to list codes): 82
Changed system type of partition 2 to 82 (Linux swap)
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 135 sectors, 3880 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2160 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 2713 2930040 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 u 2713 3880 1260360 82 Linux swap
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): a
Partition number (1-8): 1
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 135 sectors, 3880 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2160 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 u 0 2713 2930040 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 u 2713 3880 1260360 82 Linux swap
Command (m for help):
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
SCSI device sda: 8385121 512-byte hdwr sectors (4293 MB)
SCSI device sda: 8385121 512-byte hdwr sectors (4293 MB)
Syncing disks.
livecd root #
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Make the filesystems:
livecd root # mke2fs -j /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
366528 inodes, 732510 blocks
36625 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
23 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
15936 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 30 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
livecd root #
livecd root # mkswap /dev/sda2
Assuming pages of size 8192 (not 4096)
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 1290600 kB
livecd root #
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In the next installment of this article, we will copy the initial system, portage, and distfiles.
There are 7 parts to this article:
Part 1 - Gentoo on SPARC - Booting the Install CD
Part 2 - Gentoo on SPARC - Creating the Filesystems
Part 3 - Gentoo on SPARC - Copying Initial System, Portage, and Distfiles
Part 4 - Gentoo on SPARC - Creating the Kernel
Part 5 - Gentoo on SPARC - Getting Silo Installed
Part 6 - Gentoo on SPARC - Initial Logon
Part 7 - Gentoo on SPARC - Final Configuration
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