Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 10:10:30 -0700 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org, Ulf Lilleengen <ulf.lilleengen@gmail.com> Subject: Re: gpart Message-ID: <20090519171030.GG78829@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <m2r5yldnt7.wl%randy@psg.com> References: <20090518162253.GA78829@citylink.fud.org.nz> <20090519100744.GB5943@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <m2iqjxfbsr.wl%randy@psg.com> <20090519162936.GB1457@carrot.geeknest.org> <m2r5yldnt7.wl%randy@psg.com>
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On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:07:00AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: > >>>> I used gpart for the first time today and a few things came to mind. > >>> You're not alone. Have a look at > >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2008-November/008731.html > >> and how the hell do i use it on a raw install? it is not on snapshot > >> 200905 disk1 or livecd. > > I've been using gpart on the livecd for a long time. You might want to do a > > chroot to /dist or something first though. > > ok, kinda > > ad4 ad5 and ad6 are in my dmesg > > Fixit# gpart create -s gpt /dev/ad4 > gpart: No such file or directory > > Fixit# gpart create -s GPT /dev/ad4 > gpart: No such file or directory > > Fixit# gpart create -s GPT ad4 > gpart: No such file or directory > > <a million monkeys> If you have done a chroot then you need to make sure devfs is also mounted within it mount -t devfs devfs /dist/dev Andrew
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