Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 09:57:46 +1030 (CST) From: Justin Hawkins <justin@tardis.mx.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't boot to partition 'e' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912190956260.477-100000@tardis.mx.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19991218113211.A4203@freebie.lemis.com>
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Thankyou very much Greg, this worked a treat! - Justin On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > Sure. Do: > > # disklabel -e wd0s1 > > You'll get the disk label in the editor. The end will look something > like: > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > b: 102400 61440 swap # (Cyl. 60*- 162*) > c: 2504817 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 2484*) > e: 61440 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 60*) > f: 2340977 163840 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 162*- 2484*) > > Change this to: > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > b: 102400 61440 swap # (Cyl. 60*- 162*) > c: 2504817 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 2484*) > a: 61440 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 60*) > e: 61440 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 60*) > f: 2340977 163840 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 162*- 2484*) > > (add a second line identical to the e partition with partition a). > Exit the editor and you will have a partition a identical to e. Edit > your /etc/fstab to reflect the change (don't use e at all, you need to > delete it after rebooting). Reboot and you should have no more > problems. You should then delete partition e to keep things tidy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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