From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 08:53:19 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300E01065673 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:53:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (trang.nuxi.org [74.95.12.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10B3D8FC1D for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:53:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.org) Received: from dragon.nuxi.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBQ8rIkT026952; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:53:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id mBQ8rHEF026951; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:53:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:53:17 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20081226085317.GA26808@dragon.NUXI.org> Mail-Followup-To: obrien@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar , Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <95872328-4FBF-4DAD-98DE-024FF53A4505@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <95872328-4FBF-4DAD-98DE-024FF53A4505@mac.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Christian Weisgerber Subject: Re: "geometry does not match label" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:53:19 -0000 On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:43:49PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Dec 20, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >> 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 >> partition h: partition extends past end of unit >> >> I don't know where this is coming from--the system was installed >> about a year ago with standard sysinstall--and I don't see what's >> supposed to be wrong. > > Apparently sysinstall creates faulty disklabels. Can you elaborate? I'm getting it on several machines also. Right now, I'm trying to upgrade to a larger disk in one machine tonight... Xmas present to myself... What is the "approved" way to slice a disk into 4 regular slices and than partition the slices? The only sane way to do this is (was?) sysintall/SADE. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)