Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 00:30:01 -0800 From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: i386/251: disklabel(8) refuses to install new bootstrap Message-ID: <199503180830.AAA22698@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 18 Mar 1995 09:12:37 %2B0100 <199503180812.JAA25180@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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>Number: 251 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: disklabel(8) refuses to install new bootstrap >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs (FreeBSD bugs mailing list) >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 18 00:30:00 1995 >Originator: J Wunsch >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.0-Development i386 >Environment: FreeBSD disk as been installed by sysinstall (from the 950210-SNAP). >Description: When trying to install a new bootstrap program on a disk that has been installed by sysinstall, disklabel(8) spits out two messages: warning: revolutions/minute: 0 super block size: 0 and refuses to install the new boot program. On another disk, the warning has been partition d: extends past end of unit we all know *why* this is, but disklabel should not refuse to work. >How-To-Repeat: Run ``disklabel -B <disk>'' on a disk that has been initialized by sysinstall. >Fix: Not yet known. The problem can be worked around by running disklabel -e and fixing the values for rpm and interleave. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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