From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Sep 28 04:10:37 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F70D9CF303 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:10:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CEA5E61 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:10:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (dynamic-216-186-213-32.knology.net [216.186.213.32] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t8S4ATLd003538 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:10:30 -0500 Subject: Re: dd question References: <5606A4FF.4090105@hiwaay.net> <56073915.6030707@hiwaay.net> <20150927131036.c6b2d9ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607E84D.1050803@hiwaay.net> <20150927155354.7dab526a.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607F676.10307@hiwaay.net> <20150927160604.f1e1c21d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607FA6E.5040600@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! From: "William A. Mahaffey III" Message-ID: <5608BDB4.6060200@hiwaay.net> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:15:58 -0453.75 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 04:10:37 -0000 On 09/27/15 20:07, Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 27 Sep 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > >> If I use disklabel to add a 'd' slice, will that mess up what is >> already there ? What is the syntax for that, I don't see it in the >> disklabel/bsdlabel man page ? The man page for disklabel/bsdlabel >> shows a way to initialize a whole disk using 'fdisk -BI ' & >> implies that this will create a 'da0s1' slice in the process. However >> it will also wipe out what is already there. If I do that, can I then >> copy the img-file contents in some way ? Thanks & TIA :-) .... > > Please stop using fdisk and bsdlabel. gpart(8) does everything they > do and is easier to use. > > Messing with a bsdlabel installer image is probably a waste of time, > but yes, you can add a partition (a bsdlabel partition). Or you can > probably use growfs to expand the filesystem to the size of the drive. > If you already have images on the network, consider mounting them with > NFS instead. I (think I) am using them because of the way the install image is put together, & I am trying to work around a perceived issue. Better way I am looking for :-) .... I want the full space on the drive available to log the install in case I run into issues during install .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.