Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:37:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Stevan Tiefert <stevan_tiefert@yahoo.de> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can not add a partition [SOLVED] Message-ID: <76294.82290.qm@web23301.mail.ird.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20070614143655.GB18613@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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--- Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> schrieb: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:19:39PM +0200, Stevan > Tiefert wrote: > > > Hello list, > > > > I left a little bit space left in my slice during > the installation. Now > > I wanted to use this left space to create a > gbde-partition. > > > > When I use sysinstall and create in menu "Label" a > new partition and I > > hit "W" to write my changes to disk an error > appears, that label didn't > > created the partition I wanted. > > > > My question is why can I not add a partition in my > existing slice? On > > what should I take care maybe? > > > > You are probably booted to that slice. You cannot > (properly) > write to the label of the device you are booted to. > So, trying booting from the install CD and bring up > the fixit > and do it from there. > > ////jerry > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks! Such a simple thing. That was nowhere documented. Thanks again! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com
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