Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 11:19:47 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> To: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disklabel: Warning, partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! Message-ID: <20020916091947.GB370@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020915164912.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> References: <20020915210758.GA318@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <3.0.5.32.20020915164912.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net>
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# jackstone@sage-one.net / 2002-09-15 16:49:12 -0500:
> At 11:07 PM 9.15.2002 +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> >what does this mean?
> >
> >root@freepuppy ~ 1035:0 # disklabel -B -R -r ad1 /tmp/label
> >Warning, partition c doesn't cover the whole unit!
> >Warning, An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard systemutilities
> >disklabel: ioctl DIOCSDINFO: open partition would move or shrink
> >
> >root@freepuppy ~ 1036:1 # cat /tmp/label
> ># /dev/ad1:
> >type: unknown
> >disk: amnesiac
> >label: fictitious
> >flags:
> >bytes/sector: 512
> >sectors/track: 63
> >tracks/cylinder: 255
> >sectors/cylinder: 16065
> >cylinders: 9729
> >sectors/unit: 156301488
> >rpm: 3600
> >interleave: 1
> >trackskew: 0
> >cylinderskew: 0
> >headswitch: 0 # milliseconds
> >track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
> >drivedata: 0
> >
> >8 partitions:
> ># size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
> > a: 512m * 4.2BSD
> > b: 1g * swap
> ># c: * * unused
> > e: * * 4.2BSD
> >
> >root@freepuppy ~ 1037:0 #
> >
>
> Looks like you ran a FDISK/disklabel script and didn't remove the "comment
> out" on the "# c:" part of the labeling.....
with the line not being commented out the error is "no space left on
device" or something like that.
i feel terrible for not providing the exact message, but i sent that
message yesterday before getting the job done. note that i *still*
want to know why the above failed.
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