Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 13:00:37 -0400 From: Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Stephen Hoover <shooverfbn@442spot.com>, Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions about vinum and failure of root partition Message-ID: <20020808170037.GC5100@web.ca> In-Reply-To: <20020808152111.GA5100@web.ca> References: <20020807160227.GB53552@web.ca> <MOEJLOFPGBFEEOIFFMLKIEBNDCAA.shooverfbn@442spot.com> <20020807170209.GC53552@web.ca> <20020808070022.GC8561@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020808152111.GA5100@web.ca>
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> are you saying that if i create an overlapping partition with the same > 'size' as the sd 'len' and an offset the same as 'driveoffset', i can > mount it directly in single user mode and and get the filesystem > on the first 'sd'...?? i tried it, and the answer is yes. cool. :-) i couldn't get the regular 'disklabel' to write a label with overlapping partitions however. had to compile a version of disklabel with the 'checklabel' checks commented out, and that worked. is there a way to make disklabels with overlapping partitions with a standard tool? thanks greg. - rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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