From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 30 06:19:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87D8F1065672; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:19:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout017.mac.com (asmtpout017.mac.com [17.148.16.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B7F8FC1B; Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:19:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from [192.168.1.96] (dial-209-148-96-37.sonic.net [209.148.96.37]) by asmtp017.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-7.03 (built Aug 7 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KCO001RBEVNPO60@asmtp017.mac.com>; Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:19:05 -0800 (PST) Message-id: <42CB7138-FF39-467E-8930-F507C2A04C3D@mac.com> From: Marcel Moolenaar To: obrien@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <20081226085317.GA26808@dragon.NUXI.org> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:18:57 -0800 References: <95872328-4FBF-4DAD-98DE-024FF53A4505@mac.com> <20081226085317.GA26808@dragon.NUXI.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Christian Weisgerber Subject: Re: "geometry does not match label" X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:19:07 -0000 On Dec 26, 2008, at 12:53 AM, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:43:49PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> On Dec 20, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >>> partition c: partition extends past end of unit >>> bsdlabel: partition c doesn't start at 0! >>> bsdlabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard >>> system >>> utilities >>> partition h: partition extends past end of unit >>> >>> I don't know where this is coming from--the system was installed >>> about a year ago with standard sysinstall--and I don't see what's >>> supposed to be wrong. >> >> Apparently sysinstall creates faulty disklabels. > > Can you elaborate? I'm getting it on several machines also. > Right now, I'm trying to upgrade to a larger disk in one machine > tonight... Xmas present to myself... sysinstall/libdisk uses the media size and not the slice size to calculate the various fields in the disklabel. That's why the 'c' partition extends past the end of the unit. -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com