From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 22 21:31:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA03311 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:31:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line16.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA03295 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:30:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA07745; Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:30:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:30:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Livio Mazzon/MSE cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <581D5BC31EE2109685256573004F9851.0000000000000000> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Livio Mazzon/MSE wrote: > I recently upgraded a server from 2.1.6 to 2.2.5, keeping all the data > intact (ie. I didn't reformat the disks). However, now I > have problems every time I boot, there are "rejecting partition" messages > for many of my partitions. Your disklabel is out of sync with reality. How did you do that? To upgrade, all you had to do was boot the 2.2.5 boot floppy and select `upgrade.' The system will read the existing disklabel; you just specify the partition<->filesystem mapping and it does the rest. > Does anybody know how to modify the disklabels to avoid this problem...I > really can't afford to delete and rebuild the system > because it is in production... I think you're stuck with it. Hope you know the old parameters... Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major