From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 25 22:39:33 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 AE12237B401; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 22:39:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailman.zeta.org.au (mailman.zeta.org.au [203.26.10.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CFBF43E4A; Wed, 25 Dec 2002 22:39:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bde@zeta.org.au) Received: from katana.zip.com.au (katana.zip.com.au [61.8.7.246]) by mailman.zeta.org.au (8.9.3/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA15015; Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:39:25 +1100 Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 17:41:34 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-X-Sender: bde@gamplex.bde.org To: Craig Rodrigues Cc: phk@FreeBSD.ORG, Subject: Re: Cannot open "/dev/ad0" on -CURRENT In-Reply-To: <20021225215234.GA12813@attbi.com> Message-ID: <20021226173931.T25281-100000@gamplex.bde.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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, 25 Dec 2002, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > 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. Use one or more of the following methods: a) remove GEOM from your config. b) upgrade to 4.7. This removes GEOM and other mistakes too. c) boot from another disk. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message