Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 16:38:43 +0200 From: Peder Blom <peder.blom@bredband.net> To: Guy Van Sanden <n.b@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disklabe oddity Message-ID: <20030920163843.64f13070.peder.blom@bredband.net> In-Reply-To: <1064047468.9788.14.camel@cronos.home.vsb> References: <1064047468.9788.14.camel@cronos.home.vsb>
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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:44:28 +0200 Guy Van Sanden <n.b@myrealbox.com> wrote: > I get a strange message from disklabel: > Warning, partition c doesn't start at 0! > Warning, partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! > Warning, An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard > system utilities > > What does this mean? You don't say what version of FreeBSD you are running. I recall that this problem has been discussed several times on freebsd-current though, so it might be better to check there. > I'm considering reinstalling the system with 5.2, reformatting the > disk, but I don't know if this will clear the error. It will have a > larger root though. It's a warning and not necessarily an error. IIRC it *might* be an issue with bsdlabel, but don't take my word for it, go and check current, or google mailing.freebsd.current.
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