From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 28 20:27:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8AD216A402 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E24613C484 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D314C85C8E5 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:26:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 79359-02 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:26:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-89-241-126.eastlink.ca [24.89.241.126]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5776385C8DF for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:26:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2D4838778 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:26:56 -0300 (ADT) Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:26:49 -0300 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.7 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Why is 'disklabel'ng a new drive so difficult? 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: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:27:00 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Just bought a new WD SATA drive: WDC WD5000YS-01MPB1 09.02E09 Tried to disklabel it, and it gives me all kinds of warnings when I look at it after running the disklabel: ganymede# bsdlabel -w ad4s1 auto ganymede# bsdlabel ad4s1c # /dev/ad4s1c: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 976767986 79 unused 0 0 c: 976768002 63 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit partition a: partition extends past end of unit partition c: partition extends past end of unit bsdlabel: partition c doesn't start at 0! bsdlabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system utilities Even if I try to use /stand/sysinstall to do the fdisk, the end result has 'issues' ... So, what is the generally accepted method of label'ng a new drive? :( - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGCs+Q4QvfyHIvDvMRAmTBAJwMJeMPTiJEDHWzA3ffe/YnVvRdgwCfVkBt YsPlRNHb6p3WJSIqMXA1K78= =n8pH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----