Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 01:37:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Tom Jackson <toj@gorillanet.gorilla.net>, FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: slice/devfs problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980520013538.21281B-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199805191337.GAA03125@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 19 May 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Neither disklabel, fdisk nor sysinstall work with SLICE. There are new > tools in the pipeline, but until then you will need to stick with using > an install image or non-SLICE kernel. Not STRICTLY true.. you can use fdisk as before, and disklabel -rw if you know what you are doing. julian > > > Since devfs/slice had been added to LINT I adopted it to all > > my boxes. No problem on two with single disk, dangerously > > dedicated. On the the main server box, disklabel says all disk > > end partition and 'c' partition extend past end of disk. > > > > When I tried to use sysinstall to change the slice settings on > > a brand new disk, it hung, sorry I didn't get debug messages. I > > won't go into the file system corruption I got on unrelated fs's > > ( first time ever with FreeBSD ) but the new disk now is not seen > > by /stand/sysinstall. Also fdisk can't find the slices either and > > says it is using dummy parameters 1/1/1 and then it hangs. > > > > I've got the corrupted file systems back by dumping devfs/slice > > on the server and using /stand/sysinstall to delete, bring back > > and newfs the file systems. > > > > BIG question is how do I get fdisk to work with the new disk and > > thus, let me use /stand/sysinstall to set the slice settings. The > > weird thing is msdos lets me put a dos slice on this disk, no problem, > > pfdisk shows the slices, no problem, and a boot floppy picks up the > > disk to allow me to set the slices. > > > > I'm holding off dedicating anything to this disk until I can get it > > to look normal to fdisk. > > > > Thanks for FreeBSD, > > > > Tom > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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