Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 01:03:08 +0100 From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw@withagen.nl> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can not create slice on a SATA drive Message-ID: <42128DBC.7010606@withagen.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050215235014.GB96584@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <F5DF799F740CD611802200034722783C02549716@pelican.mars.leitch.com> <20050215182130.GA85174@dragon.nuxi.com> <42126DED.6080501@withagen.nl> <20050215235014.GB96584@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:47:25PM +0100, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > >>David O'Brien wrote: >> >>>On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 01:09:48PM -0500, Xi.Liu wrote: >>> >>>>Still not very sure, .... (I am new using FreeBSD). >>>>I guess even I boot singel user, the disk will still be mounted as /. >>> >>>Correct. / will be mount read-only. >>> >>>>Do I have to boot from a bootable-CD (say the installation CD)? >>> >>>Nope, you can use /usr/sbin/sysinstall. >>>But you'll have to mount /usr (but do it read-only!) first if you didn't >>>combine / + /usr into a single partition. >> >>I'm always using the 'cheat' option: >>sysctl -w kern.geom.debugflags=16 >> >>Not shure if it is without ill effects. > > > It allows total foot shooting and is quite dangerous. > It is 'rm -rf' where the default FS to rm is / > > Booting single user is what most people should be doing for now. > Especially someone "I am new using FreeBSD". I knew it was loaded with footshooting options so you are true, especially with the last remark. Did not pay attention to that. --WjW
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