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From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
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Subject: Re: can't make an 'a' slice except with auto-defaults
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On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:26:06 -0700, Steve Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm just trying
> to make a fresh disk ready for dump/restore with a 1G /, so I guess
> sysinstall is out as an option at this time.

Why so complicated? The command

	# newfs /dev/ad1

will prepare the disk, assuming ad1 is the new disk. It
will create one single partition covering the whole disk,
with no slice. You can then run

	# mount /dev/ad1 /mnt

to access it; /dev/ad1 is the same as /dev/ad1c, "the
whole disk".

By the way, have you tried the program

	# sade

instead of sysinstall?


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Polytropon
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