Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:35:51 +0000 (UTC) From: Vadim Goncharov <vadim_nuclight@mail.ru> To: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partition covering the whole slice [repost] Message-ID: <slrngkcjp7.1pt9.vadim_nuclight@server.filona.x88.info> References: <4939287C.3020208@icyb.net.ua> <slrngjq4qk.1sqb.vadim_nuclight@server.filona.x88.info> <494637A3.9080807@icyb.net.ua>
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Hi Andriy Gapon! On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:55:31 +0200; Andriy Gapon wrote about 'Re: partition covering the whole slice [repost]': >> Yes, of course. You should not intermix using glabel(8) utilizing /dev/ufs >> (via tunefs) and bsdlabel partition starting from offset 0. This is because >> glabel can't distinguish is that slice or partition - with offset 0 superblock >> will be at the same position. Also, that's why bsdlabel(8) creates partition 'a' with offset 16 by default. >> You can try to erase bsdlabel completely (if this is not your boot partition) >> from the slice and use filesystem directly from the slice. This will not affect >> mount as you're already using labels. >> >> The other way will require shrinking-then-moving partition on the disk and >> editing disklabel, better done with newfs(8). > thanks a lot for the explanation and the advice. > I used gpart destroy to remove bsdlabel and now I have filesystems > covering the whole slices. This works well. Also, check that your fsck doesn't complain about that setup (can't automatically determine how to check it). -- WBR, Vadim Goncharov. ICQ#166852181 mailto:vadim_nuclight@mail.ru [Moderator of RU.ANTI-ECOLOGY][FreeBSD][http://antigreen.org][LJ:/nuclight]
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