Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:25:49 -0700 From: "VVI hostmaster" <xavier@vvi.at> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: disklabel problems Message-ID: <000001c24bf7$e2872c30$39e1fcd0@xavier2>
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Hey everyone, My backup drive looses its disklabel whenever I bootup. Then I have to edit the drive out of fstab to boot up Here is its disklabel It does not look right for a drive that is 108GB(marketed as 120GB) [Terminal]# disklabel ad0s1 > savedlabel BEGIN------------------- # /dev/ad0s1e: type: ESDI disk: ad0s1 label: flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 14592 sectors/unit: 234436482 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # milliseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds drivedata: 0 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 234436482 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 14592*) e: 234436482 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 14592*) END------------------- its just one 120 gig and actually its a single partition of 108GB This is what I do 1. boot stops and I have to do the following [Terminal]# mount / [Terminal]# mount /usr [Terminal]# /usr/local/bin/pico fstab In pico I edit out this line /dev/ad2s1e /bkp ufs rw 2 2 contents of /etc/fstab BEGIN------------------- # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/da0s1f /usr ufs rw,userquota 2 2 /dev/da0s1e /var ufs rw 2 2 #/dev/ad2s1e /bkp ufs rw 2 2 /dev/acd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 END------------------- Then exit it boots and then [Terminal]# /stand/sysinstall BEGIN------------------- FreeBSD Disklabel Editor Disk: ad2 Partition name: ad2s1 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs ad0s1e <none> 114470MB* END------------------- Then I edit it to the following ad0s1e /bkp 114470MBUFS*S N It then automatically does fsck and mounts it. If I then Terminal# umount /bkp Terminal# fsck -y /dev/ad0s1e /bkp BEGIN------------------- ** /dev/ad0s1e ** Last Mounted on /bkp ** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes ** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames ** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity ** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts ** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups 158207 files, 55363694 used, 58247851 free (33859 frags, 7276749 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation) Can't check /bkp UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY Can't resolve /bkp to character special device END------------------- If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it Thanks in advance, Jason de Cordoba To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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