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Date:      Fri, 6 Apr 2001 03:03:53 -0500
From:      Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>
To:        Jon Molin <jon.molin@resfeber.se>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Adding a new drive
Message-ID:  <20010406030353.A28772@cec.wustl.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3ACD6E95.9AF73435@resfeber.se>; from jon.molin@resfeber.se on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:21:57AM %2B0200
References:  <3ACD6E95.9AF73435@resfeber.se>

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On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 09:21:57AM +0200, Jon Molin wrote:
> jmo# fdisk -BI ad3
> 
> ******* Working on device /dev/ad3 *******
> fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found

Obviously you didn't read the man pages. `fdisk -BI ad3` is a typo, most
likely because the disklabel command uses the -Brw flag. From the
man page, we see that fdisk's -B flag reinitializes boot code in sector
0 of the disk. But if there is no code to reinitialize, it exits with an
error, saying you don't have a proper MBR.

If you want a single slice on the disk, just do `fdisk -I ad3`. Then run
disklabel like the walkthrough says.
-- 
Andrew Hesford
ajh3@chmod.ath.cx

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