From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 17 16:11:30 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A614816A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:11:30 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail48-s.fg.online.no (mail48-s.fg.online.no [148.122.161.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E70A543D2F for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:11:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from charles-erik@mcdonald.no) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (ti500720a080-9557.bb.online.no [85.166.229.85]) by mail48.fg.online.no (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j1HGBPZv023964 for ; Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:11:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from 127.0.0.1 (AVG SMTP 7.0.300 [265.8.8]); Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:11:21 +0100 Message-ID: <4214C228.2010400@mcdonald.no> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:11:20 +0100 From: Charles Erik McDonald User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <42134454.7030306@mcdonald.no> <790a9fff05021607456ec0406d@mail.gmail.com> <20050216175920.4f60007c.gstewart@bonivet.net> <4213B3FD.6060400@mcdonald.no> <790a9fff0502170754793aedd4@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <790a9fff0502170754793aedd4@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Subject: Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:11:30 -0000 >>bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2 >>disklabel: /dev/ad2: no valid label found >>bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2s1 >># /dev/ad2s1: >>8 partitions: >># size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] >> c: 312576642 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, >>don't edit >>bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad3 >>disklabel: /dev/ad3: no valid label found >>bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad3s1 >># /dev/ad3s1: >>8 partitions: >># size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] >> c: 488392002 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, >>don't edit >>bastion(root):/usr/src# >> >> >> >you don't have any partitions on those disks. > >You need to use disklabel to create an "a" partition. > > >a: 488392002 0 BSD 0 0 # >c: 488392002 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part > > > Ok, one question. Is it possible to mount, fsck (ok) and use these disk without a partition? Because I have been using these disks for some time now and this behaviour is seen only once in a while. Where does the filesystem exist then, if not within a partition?! Directly on the disk slice? Truly confused, Erik -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 14.02.2005