Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 06:37:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Tom Jackson <toj@gorillanet.gorilla.net> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: slice/devfs problem Message-ID: <199805191337.GAA03125@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 May 1998 14:43:00 CDT." <19980518144300.62571@TOJ.org>
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Neither disklabel, fdisk nor sysinstall work with SLICE. There are new tools in the pipeline, but until then you will need to stick with using an install image or non-SLICE kernel. > 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 > -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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