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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:53:12 -0300, Alejandro Pulver
<alejandro@varnet.biz> wrote:
> 
> Hello,

Hi there,

> 
> I have free space between two slices to I tried to do the same as you.

Thank you!
 
> When you have the image of a slice generated by 'dd', it contains its
> partitions and filesystems. First you may want to make that slice image
> (file) to appear in '/dev', so you can manipulate its partitions. This
> is done (in FreeBSD 5.X, if you use 4.X use'vnconfig', there are
> examples in the Handbook) like with a CD-ROM ISO image (see the
> Handbook->Storage):
> 
> mdconfig -a -t vnode -f <file> -u <n>
> 
> It will appear in '/dev' as 'md<n>', with its partitions, like the
> following:
> 
> md1a
> md1c
> [...]
> 
> So you can mount them, dump them, etc., like with a slice (in fact,
> it is an image of a slice).
> 
> When you end what you want to do with it, do (after unmounting the
> partitions):
> 
> mdconfig -d -u <n>
> 
> Best Regards,
> Ale
> 

Great, this is what I was searching for!
Thank you once more!

Best regards,


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