Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:07:24 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem formating disk with gpart Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111301706310.3692@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20182.39340.354254.608836@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20182.39340.354254.608836@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2011, Robert Huff wrote: > > One of my systems has a hot-swap eSATA device, which reports as > "ad1". I'm trying to use this to prepare a new disk using gpart and > something (possibly my understanding) is broken. > After removing another disk and inserting the new one, I do: > >>> gpart show ad1 > => 34 976773101 ad1 GPT (465G) > 34 976773101 - free - (465G) > > ... which is the value for the disk just removed. Maybe force geom retasting? true > /dev/ad1
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