Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:24:28 +0200 From: Guy Van Sanden <n.b@myrealbox.com> To: Peder Blom <peder.blom@bredband.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Disklabe oddity Message-ID: <1064305468.7444.1.camel@cronos.home.vsb> In-Reply-To: <20030920163843.64f13070.peder.blom@bredband.net> References: <1064047468.9788.14.camel@cronos.home.vsb> <20030920163843.64f13070.peder.blom@bredband.net>
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On Sat, 2003-09-20 at 16:38, Peder Blom wrote: > On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 10:44:28 +0200 > Guy Van Sanden <n.b@myrealbox.com> wrote: > > > I get a strange message from disklabel: > > Warning, partition c doesn't start at 0! > > Warning, partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! > > Warning, An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard > > system utilities > > > > What does this mean? > > You don't say what version of FreeBSD you are running. I recall that > this problem has been discussed several times on freebsd-current though, > so it might be better to check there. I'm running 5.0, so that can very well be. Thanks. > > > > I'm considering reinstalling the system with 5.2, reformatting the > > disk, but I don't know if this will clear the error. It will have a > > larger root though. > > It's a warning and not necessarily an error. IIRC it *might* be an issue > with bsdlabel, but don't take my word for it, go and check current, or > google mailing.freebsd.current.
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