Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:24:53 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1047248693.d3b6dd@mired.org> To: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partition is "e" should be "a" -- how to fix? Message-ID: <15973.10165.354252.191640@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <D7468578-4E8E-11D7-949E-003065A70D30@shire.net> References: <15973.8372.371147.943043@guru.mired.org> <D7468578-4E8E-11D7-949E-003065A70D30@shire.net>
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In <D7468578-4E8E-11D7-949E-003065A70D30@shire.net>, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> typed: > On Tuesday, Mar 4, 2003, at 14:55 US/Mountain, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> However, I am wanting some second opinions on this, > >> and since I am not a disklabel guru, some guidance on how to use > >> disklabel > >> without screwing up my system would be appreciated. > > Basically, run "disklabel -e /dev/da0s1". That will create a temporary > > file with the disklabel in it, and open an editor on that file. Delete > > the line - if it exists - for a, copy the e line to where it was, and > > then change the initial e to an a. Then save the file and exit the > > editor. Fix your fstab to refer to da0s1a instead of da0s1e, and > > reboot. > Okay, should I be able to have an "a" and an "e" that overlap? > Disklabel doesn't seem to want to let me do this. Yes, you should, but apparently someone decided not to allow that. Personally, that strikes me as a being bogus, but fixing it requires hacking disklabel. Try booting the fixit cdrom, and doing the disklabel to chagne e to a without mounting e. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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