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Subject: Re: How to re-invoke disk config prgm.
To: csw@artemis.com (chris warth)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 06:49:38 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <199512112336.PAA00471@scooter.artemis.com> from "chris warth" at Dec 11, 95 03:36:49 pm
From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> 
> 
> Is there a way to re-run the nifty disk configuration utility I used
> when I first installing FreeBSD 2.0.5?  I need to label some new disks
> and disklabel(8) feels awkward and prone to error.

You can try /stand/sysinstall (unless you are running a new kernel
with disabled gzipped executable feature).

I'm not sure how far the 2.0.5 version of sysinstall is capable of doing
that without doing a full install but you might try
with the W(rite) option in the disklabel menu and disable the 
newfs flags. Also you might want to install a games collection only.

The 2.1-RELEASE sysinstall is better for doing this but you still
need to be careful when doing operations on disks other than 
wd0/sd0.


> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> -csw
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de