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Date:      Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:32:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jin Guojun <jguojun@sbcglobal.net>
To:        ae@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: bin/165789: bsdlabel(8): partition c doesn't cover the whole unit!
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In-Reply-To: <201203130446.q2D4kf4P070945@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Using any USB or ATA drive attached to a 8-3 system -- this is destructive !!!
run sysintall
go to Custom sub-MENU
   go to 3 Partition
       create one partition (Slice) with partial disk space
       create another partition with rest space
       type Q to exit from this menu
   go to 4 Label
       allocate entire or partial space for a Unix partition from each of two Disk Partitions (Slices) created above. Mount them on /mnt and /dist (or /cdrom) or some existing mounting point.
       type W to commit the jobs.
       type Q to quit from this Menu
Exit all the way back to system prompt (type X X), then type disklabel (bsdlabel) on each Disk partition (usually called Slice, not the Unix partitions).


--- On Tue, 3/13/12, ae@FreeBSD.org <ae@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

From: ae@FreeBSD.org <ae@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: bin/165789: bsdlabel(8): partition c doesn't cover the whole unit!
To: jguojun@sbcglobal.net, ae@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-geom@FreeBSD.org
Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 4:46 AM

Synopsis: bsdlabel(8): partition c doesn't cover the whole unit!

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: ae
State-Changed-When: Tue Mar 13 04:45:45 UTC 2012
State-Changed-Why: 
Please, provide full list of commands to reproduce your problem.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=165789


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