Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:14:11 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem formating disk with gpart Message-ID: <20182.58099.654536.572604@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111301706310.3692@wonkity.com> References: <20182.39340.354254.608836@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1111301706310.3692@wonkity.com>
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Warren Block writes: > > 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 I did this. Afterwards, "gpart show" continues to report the 456G vaule, not the 80G I should see. Robert Huff
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