Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 11:05:33 -0700 From: Jon Drukman <jsd@collab.net> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FBSD-Q] newfs extended partition Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20001008110432.00b292b0@lasvegas.sfo.collab.net> In-Reply-To: <14816.41881.861486.408231@trooper.velocet.net> References: <200010072156.OAA23870@mail.gamespot.com> <200010072156.OAA23870@mail.gamespot.com>
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At 12:40 PM 10/8/2000 -0400, David Gilbert wrote: >Jon> I don't want to muck around with disklabel without knowing what >Jon> I'm doing. I have backed up the data but I'd rather not disturb >Jon> the other stuff in the extended partition if possible. > >If you don't disklabel it, I believe you have to use the -v option to >newfs. nope, that doesn't work. from reading the rest of the threads it seems like it's a real pain in the butt, involving mucking around with the disklabel. i will simply burn cd's of the relevant data and then toast the entire extended partition. problem solved! thanks for all the info... -jsd- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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