From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 10:16:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F1DD10657C3 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFE968FC17 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from onemda@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so861785fge.12 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 03:16:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=alz9nK/ULX5ool3MpFqvLMxkFG31Y0UK+Is22Jwam4Y=; b=slhI4Ljb27yn6n48NsImI9YRBIlDSfRZiOKs0RWCGcbHvHqlYz/qvwUDjrLBtWMiJe cb9PbYWc3vdLjo0lMp79yXFnDQvoyCfdRPYlTBmPN+13NiQEhHgJVNavPS1y2oojSinP /py8tFqaW5GWDcO2spbDsR7Lf4pB4iJZf8WDQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=LqhvNkz+FuUfasRyLy5AwH7Bj/nPDznbA9I0PSKu38WKc3tKLuuWUBcP5hu/fJ3VXs are0zzWQWe4SNL70vayVT99vilCxTkKRimFpXOHNo7xAgnywsjmfh/cifNd7811WyEH7 57NeccNr/sjkxqABwkH2Q8bu+8Tglbex1FDvs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.151.5 with SMTP id p5mr603270hbb.126.1242123371220; Tue, 12 May 2009 03:16:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4A0861D9.4050308@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 12:16:11 +0200 Message-ID: <3a142e750905120316g2d511e3dq558fe286b4d135e9@mail.gmail.com> From: "Paul B. Mahol" To: Saifi Khan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Pietro Cerutti Subject: Re: fdisk: class not found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:14 -0000 On 5/12/09, Saifi Khan wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 2009, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Saifi Khan wrote: >> | Hi all: >> Hi Saifi, >> >> | Trying to write a partition table using fdisk supplied in the >> | installation DVD of FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 snapshot. >> | >> | Should we write new partition table ? [n] y >> | fdisk: Class not found >> | >> | When i again run 'fdisk' it should the old partition table. >> | >> | What exactly does 'Class not found' mean ? >> >> This comes from geom. See geom(8). >> > > Hi Pietro: > > Does this imply, geom_mbr needs to be loaded, if one is using > the Fixit# (DVD/Live) console ? No, geom_part* are already replacing obsolete modules; geom_mbr is one of them targeted for removal. Until fdisk and bsdlabel got fixed you should use gpart(8) instead. I switched to gpart(8) months ago(did complete reinstallation) so that I could have more than 8 labels :) -- Paul