From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 25 13:53:35 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 8DAA737B401 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:53:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2A543EC5 for ; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:53:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBPLrRIn032531; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 22:53:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Craig Rodrigues Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot open "/dev/ad0" on -CURRENT From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:52:34 EST." <20021225215234.GA12813@attbi.com> Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 22:53:27 +0100 Message-ID: <32530.1040853207@critter.freebsd.dk> 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 In message <20021225215234.GA12813@attbi.com>, Craig Rodrigues writes: >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. Wait until I get that code working. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message