Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 10:17:24 +0200 From: Jon Molin <jon.molin@resfeber.se> To: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding a new drive Message-ID: <3ACD7B94.300B2D49@resfeber.se> References: <3ACD6E95.9AF73435@resfeber.se> <20010406030353.A28772@cec.wustl.edu>
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The -I option gives the same output: jmo# fdisk -I ad3 ******* Working on device /dev/ad3 ******* fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found jmo# disklabel -B -w -r ad3s1 auto disklabel: /dev/ad3s1: Device not configured /jon Andrew Hesford wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:21:57AM +0200, Jon Molin wrote: > > jmo# fdisk -BI ad3 > > > > ******* Working on device /dev/ad3 ******* > > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > > Obviously you didn't read the man pages. `fdisk -BI ad3` is a typo, most > likely because the disklabel command uses the -Brw flag. From the > man page, we see that fdisk's -B flag reinitializes boot code in sector > 0 of the disk. But if there is no code to reinitialize, it exits with an > error, saying you don't have a proper MBR. > > If you want a single slice on the disk, just do `fdisk -I ad3`. Then run > disklabel like the walkthrough says. > -- > Andrew Hesford > ajh3@chmod.ath.cx > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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