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Date:      Wed, 08 Nov 95 13:36:46 -0800
From:      grady@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   replacing 1.1 partitions with 2.0.5 partitions
Message-ID:  <199511082136.NAA19111@scam.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>

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My system is currently configured to have 1.1 and 2.0.5 on separate
partitions.  I did this originally in case 2.X caused me problems, but
I haven't been worried about that for a while.  What I want to do
now is free up the old partitions so that they are available under
the new system.  For some time I've had them available read-only,
with lines like the following in my fstab:
    /dev/sd0e                       /oldusr         ufs     ro 0 0
I had to make them read-only, because I couldn't mount them writable
(I get "Operation not permitted").  Were they writable, I'd be happy to
just remove everything on them, but since I can't do that, I'm wondering
what my best options are.  Do I newfs those partitions, so it will be
recognizable as a full-fledged 2.0.5 slice?  Does it make a difference
that my 1.1 partitions are on sd0, while my 2.0.5 stuff is on sd1?
I've got dos and windows on sd0 -- strangely enough, I'd like to avoid
clobbering them.

I'm usually a pretty confident sysadm, but when it comes to newfs'ing,
I am trodding on unfamiliar ground...

Thanks for any help.

	Steven



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