From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 13 17:39:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31DCE106566B for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:39:11 +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 1F19C8FC08 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:39:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xcllnt@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from slim-mbp.jnpr.net ([66.129.224.36]) by asmtp017.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KI100AQVVOOO210@asmtp017.mac.com> for freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Jochen Fahrner In-reply-to: <200904131230.n3DCU6Db098948@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:37:26 -0700 References: <200904131230.n3DCU6Db098948@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: powerpc/93203: FreeBSD PPC Can't Write to Partitions. X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:39:11 -0000 On Apr 13, 2009, at 5:30 AM, Jochen Fahrner wrote: > Subject: Re: powerpc/93203: FreeBSD PPC Can't Write to Partitions. *snip* > I think this is a bug in disklabel. It isn't. The problem is in sysinstall. Disklabel has nothing to do with it. > Partitions, created by disklabel, are numbered with a preceding "p". No, they are not. Partitions created by disklabel are named 'a', 'b', etc. (example: ad0s1a, ad0s1b, etc) -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com