Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:59:53 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: freeknossin@tiscali.nl (Freek Nossin) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: format slice Message-ID: <200503111959.j2BJxsV04066@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050311195326.81BD8B00095C@smtp-out2.tiscali.nl> from "Freek Nossin" at Mar 11, 2005 08:53:38 PM
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> > Thank you for your suggestions, I followed them and this is what happened: > > pcwin451# fdisk -s > /dev/ad0: 39704 cyl 16 hd 63 sec > Part Start Size Type Flags > 1: 63 20820177 0x07 0x00 > 2: 20820240 19201392 0xa5 0x80 > > Part 1 is the one I want to convert to a freebsd slice. > > Now I used fdisk -f <file> with the input > > p 1 0 0 0 > > the operation succeeded. I did again: > > pcwin451# fdisk -s > /dev/ad0: 39704 cyl 16 hd 63 sec > Part Start Size Type Flags > 2: 20820240 19201392 0xa5 0x80 > > And this was indeed the output I expected. So I thought lets see what > sysinstall thinks of all this. Selecting fdisk in the menu showed me a disk > layout where the NTFS partition still was on the disk. > > Disk name: ad0 FDISK Partition > Editor > DISK Geometry: 39704 cyls/16 heads/63 sectors = 40021632 sectors (19541MB) > > Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype > Flags > > 0 63 62 - 12 unused 0 > > 63 20820177 20820239 ad0s1 4 NTFS/HPFS/QNX 7 > 20820240 19201392 40021631 ad0s2 8 freebsd 165 > > > How can this be? I've always assumed that sysinstall uses the fdisk tool? > And which one is "correct"? Is it wise to try creating a new slice with > fdisk? Well, is one of them reading only the in-memory label and the other reading the label on the disk? When you did the fdisk, did you make sure it changed on disk. Then, did the in-memory label get updated? ////jerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alejandro Pulver [mailto:alejandro@varnet.biz] > Sent: vrijdag 11 maart 2005 20:15 > To: Freek Nossin > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: format slice > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 17:58:10 +0100 > "Freek Nossin" <freeknossin@tiscali.nl> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have a freebsd installation on a disk with two slices. One of them > > has the current freebsd install, the other has a win2k installation. I > > want to convert the win2k slice to a freebsd slice (by deleting the > > old one and add a new one). I followed the handbook but when I try to > > delete the win2k slice, and want to write the changes to the disk, > > sysinstall returns "a disk error". The steps I took were simple: > > > > - run sysinstall en select fdisk > > - choose delete on the NTFS slice > > - Write changes > > > > Then sysinstall complains that it cannot do that (no specific > > information on the cause of the error is displayed). > > > > Does anyone know what can be wrong and how can I solve this? > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > Hello, > > Try using 'fdisk' directly (man 8 fdisk) and see the complete error > messages. > > For example, to delete the second slice (check the numbering with > 'fdisk -s') save the following in a file and then run 'fdisk -f <file>' > (but first try the test mode with the -t flag to see if it works as > expected): > > p 2 0 0 0 > > Best Regards, > Ale > > P.S.: what is the output of 'fdisk -s'? > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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