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Date:      Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:35:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
To:        jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu (Jerry McAllister)
Cc:        paulbeard@mac.com (paul beard), jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu (Jerry McAllister), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: restoring disklabel from an active disk?
Message-ID:  <200207261635.g6QGZv619465@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200207252325.g6PNP4b16158@clunix.cl.msu.edu> from "Jerry McAllister" at Jul 25, 2002 07:25:03 PM

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> > 
> > yup, I got the part about the incore label but too late: I wish 
> > there was some way to refresh it. It is "active" as far as df -k 
> > or the mechanism in the kernel that tracks filesystems knows.
> 

Another Hmmm.
Disklabel has a '-r' flag that says read the label on disk.
Does that get you anything?   
If so, probably all you need to do is reboot.
Also, try fdisk -s (if you have FreeBSd >= 4.xx).

////jerry


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