From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 25 13:52:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D15837B401; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:52:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com (h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.61.43.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D229943EC5; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:52:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rodrigc@attbi.com) Received: from h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBPLqZp0012824; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:52:35 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rodrigc@h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost) by h00609772adf0.ne.client2.attbi.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBPLqYaD012823; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:52:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:52:34 -0500 From: Craig Rodrigues To: phk@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot open "/dev/ad0" on -CURRENT Message-ID: <20021225215234.GA12813@attbi.com> References: <20021225210833.GA12496@attbi.com> <25630.1040850732@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <25630.1040850732@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Dec 25, 2002 at 10:12:12PM +0100, phk@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > >The result of this is that I booted off of a slice contained on the > >/dev/ad0 disk, then I cannot add new partitions to /dev/ad0 > >with sysinstall, even if I am root. > > Correct. Use "disklabel -e ad0s1" What should I do if I want to add a new slice to /dev/ad0? I did not fully partition the disk when I installed FreeBSD on it, and there is lots of free space left on that disk. Thanks. -- Craig Rodrigues http://www.gis.net/~craigr rodrigc@attbi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message