Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 01:37:07 +0100 From: Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk headache Message-ID: <9701260037.AA14857@cabri.obs-besancon.fr> In-Reply-To: <Mutt.19970126003302.j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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>>>>> J Wunsch writes:
> As Jean-Marc Zucconi wrote:
>> I try to add another disk, but it seems that something has changed
>> since my last drive installation because fdisk doesnt want to write a
>> correct information.
> Why are you using fdisk at all? You are running Unix, you aren't
> running on a PC, you are not supposed to use fdisk (unless other
> systems on your disk force you to this step).
> :-)
I thought that this step was mandatory :-)
> . wipe out your junked fdisk table: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd4 count=10
> . give the entire disk to FreeBSD: disklabel -Brw sd4 auto
> . edit the partitions as you need: disklabel -e sd4
Simple - easy - and it works! You can add a 4th point to your recipe:
. rm /sbin/fdisk
So I can gain 57344 bytes on my drive :-)
Thanks,
Jean-Marc
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