Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:32:32 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing UFS label from root Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sKsmQBvahzdR4t%2BEweYP6fXd_4PKgo6oTq_4DT41qTYg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209092058390.1143@wonkity.com> References: <CAN6yY1vRdXMZVXNzofjjCzjotB1hALAPXMvB1MgV9duAf81LWg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209091934230.59524@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209091948480.59524@wonkity.com> <CAN6yY1tp4TbbnVuGzPxCNgJXfb5bo2cyQ4sDDijrsD9KYi9esQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1209092058390.1143@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Kevin Oberman wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 6:49 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Warren Block wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012, Kevin Oberman wrote: >>>> >>>>> I added a label to my root fs some time ago. I really prefer the gpt >>>>> label and I have added it, but I can't figure out how to remove the >>>>> ufs label. >>>>> >>>>> I boot single user and run 'tunefs -L "" /dev/ada1p2' but I get an >>>>> "unable to write superblock" error. This is before mounting the drive >>>>> RW, but it is, of course, mounted RO. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> This worked in a VM when I tested it just now. Maybe running fsck on >>>> that >>>> filesystem first will help. >> >> >> Already tried that. >> >> I know I was able to label it originally, so it does seem like >> something must have changed, but I don't know what. I did use gpart to >> expand my /usr partition and then used growfs to expand the FS, but I >> did nothing to root and I was able to remove the labels on all of the >> other partitions. > > > Might there be a duplicate filesystem label of "root" on ada0 or another > disk? No joy. I checked all ufs partitions and none are "root" except for /dev/ada1p2. All partitions on ada0 are ntfs. (It's my Windows disk.) But, thanks for trying, Warren. I appreciate it. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com
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