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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