Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 14:43:00 -0500 From: Tom Jackson <toj@gorillanet.gorilla.net> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: slice/devfs problem Message-ID: <19980518144300.62571@TOJ.org>
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Since devfs/slice had been added to LINT I adopted it to all my boxes. No problem on two with single disk, dangerously dedicated. On the the main server box, disklabel says all disk end partition and 'c' partition extend past end of disk. When I tried to use sysinstall to change the slice settings on a brand new disk, it hung, sorry I didn't get debug messages. I won't go into the file system corruption I got on unrelated fs's ( first time ever with FreeBSD ) but the new disk now is not seen by /stand/sysinstall. Also fdisk can't find the slices either and says it is using dummy parameters 1/1/1 and then it hangs. I've got the corrupted file systems back by dumping devfs/slice on the server and using /stand/sysinstall to delete, bring back and newfs the file systems. BIG question is how do I get fdisk to work with the new disk and thus, let me use /stand/sysinstall to set the slice settings. The weird thing is msdos lets me put a dos slice on this disk, no problem, pfdisk shows the slices, no problem, and a boot floppy picks up the disk to allow me to set the slices. I'm holding off dedicating anything to this disk until I can get it to look normal to fdisk. Thanks for FreeBSD, Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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