Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 00:01:34 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't label anything from within sysinstall Message-ID: <20050519220134.GB3994@galgenberg.net> In-Reply-To: <200505191617.34019.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20050519200556.GA3994@galgenberg.net> <200505191617.34019.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 19.05.2005 at 16:17:33 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > Use 'bsdlabel auto' from the fixit to stick an initial label on the disk, then > reboot and sysinstall will be able to work with your disk. Ok, for the record: I ran the fixit shell, used dd(1) on the disk, wrote the bsdlabel and then _rebooted_ to get things working. Just "restarting" sysinstall isn't good enough, it totally messes up the serial console and prints "disk full" warnings. Thanks so far, expect more questions soon :) Ulrich Spörlein -- PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." didn't you understand? [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCjQy+mArGtfDbn0QRAt/hAJ9GNMSrzWpOdVfBdzy7IUsRpJ936gCeP2+a Ps+8IqXBxZ1cuSVVg9i5NI0= =ZHQr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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