Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:37:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: f.bonnet@esiee.fr (Frank Bonnet) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FDISK cannot write Message-ID: <200509071337.j87DbsB9012302@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <431EEB35.5020207@esiee.fr>
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> > Hello > > I'm trying to add a partition to an existing disk at 5.4-R > on a HP XW 4200 (SATA) > > FDSIK fail with an error message "cannot write ..." > > The "bizarre" thing is I have installed this machine > from CDROM and partitionning the disk was OK ... > > any idea on what happen ? At what point are you doing an fdisk eg is after rebooting to full multi-user mode or in single user mode, or??? and on which you disk are you doing this? Is it on your main disk - where root resides or on another disk?? Is there any partition on that disk mounted? ////jerry > > Thanks a lot. > -- > Cordialement/Regards > Frank Bonnet > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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