Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:30:01 -0800 (PST) From: Cameron Watters <toolhouse12@web0.toolhouse.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34074: Handbook section 12.3 -- Adding Disks incomplete instructions for using disklabel Message-ID: <200201221730.g0MHU1A49832@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/34074; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Cameron Watters <toolhouse12@web0.toolhouse.com> To: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, <cameron@toolhouse.com> Subject: Re: docs/34074: Handbook section 12.3 -- Adding Disks incomplete instructions for using disklabel Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 09:24:28 -0800 (PST) HP> Sorry for the bluntness, but, AFAIK, all requests by HP> /stand/sysinstall are normally completed without any HP> errors. Quoting from the handbook: "Ignore any errors from Sysinstall that it could not mount the new partition." This, in fact, is exactly what happens. Further, when I actually ran disklablel -W and THEN ran sysinstall, it didn't give me this error message. HP> The man page, does mention about the -W option, and HP> its actions, but I've never found the need to apply HP> this parameter to disklabel(8). I wouldn't have submitted this unless I hadn't tried for an hour to get the Handbook's instructions to work correctly. HP> Does this disklabel(8) issue arise only in certain HP> conditions? I should clarify that this only happens when using sysinstall on a system that has already been setup once. As the handbook directs, I was using it to add additional disks to an existing installation of FreeBSD. However, that is exactly the activity this portion of the handbook is trying to cover. --cameron To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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