Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 08:03:00 -0500 From: "Jack L. Stone" <jackstone@sage-one.net> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: disklabel: Warning, partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20020916080300.03fda330@mail.sage-one.net> In-Reply-To: <20020916091947.GB370@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> References: <3.0.5.32.20020915164912.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net> <20020915210758.GA318@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <3.0.5.32.20020915164912.00fbeac8@mail.sage-one.net>
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At 11:19 AM 9.16.2002 +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: ># 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. > Must be seeing an old slice. I believe if you go into /stand/sysinstall and delete whole slice and "w" write/exit and then return to your manual operation, uncomment the above "c" partition, it should work because the old "c" will be gone. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net jackstone@sage-one.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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