From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 19:17:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1888416A4BF for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 19:17:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from s1.stradamotorsports.com (ip30.gte4.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.215.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80BFC43F3F for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 19:17:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Received: from s1.stradamotorsports.com (s1.stradamotorsports.com [192.168.1.201])h8A2HQp5082454; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 19:17:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcw@highperformance.net) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 19:17:26 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" X-X-Sender: jcw@s1.stradamotorsports.com To: Ulrich Spoerlein In-Reply-To: <20030909164250.GC779@galgenberg.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_PINE version=2.55 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: partition C doesn't start at 0! X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:17:33 -0000 On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > On Mon, 08.09.2003 at 22:06:58 -0700, Jason C. Wells wrote: > > I can boot from ad0s1. I am still monkeying around with the ad0s2 slice. > > In the process of trying to get ad0s2 to boot with a PicoBSD-esque system, > > I looked at my disklabel and I saw all kinds of scary messages. > > > > # bsdlabel ad0s1 > > partition a: partition extends past end of unit > > partition c: partition extends past end of unit > > bsdlabel: partition c doesn't start at 0! > > bsdlabel: An incorrect partition C may cause problems for standard system > > utilities. > > What does > # fdisk -s ad0 > and > # bsdlabel ad0s1 > # bsdlabel ad0s2 > say? /dev/ad0: 1654 cyl 16 hd 63 sec Part Start Size Type Flags 1: 63 262017 0xa5 0x80 2: 262080 131040 0xa5 0x00 3: 393120 1274112 0xa5 0x00 # /dev/ad0s1: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 262017 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16384 c: 262017 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit # /dev/ad0s2: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 131040 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 8192 c: 131040 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit BTW, my apologies to anyone who got a bounce message from an old anti-spam measure that I forgot was in place. I have removed the "world" from my blacklist. :o Thanks, Jason C. Wells