Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:22:07 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: andys <a.smith@ukgrid.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsdlabel partiton c error message on new install Message-ID: <20081017122207.GA21157@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <E1KqoDB-000OIe-Cg@alpha.ukgrid.net> References: <E1KqoDB-000OIe-Cg@alpha.ukgrid.net>
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:13:45PM +0200, andys wrote: > Hi, > > on a newly installed FreeBSD 7.0 system on a dell 1950 server I see the > following error from bsdlabel. Is there any known issues with this or is > the only reasonable explanation that I have managed to mess it up without > even knowing? :P And should I manually change the partition c to fix the > prob? Is this safe to do? > > bsdlabel -A /dev/da0s1 > # /dev/da0s1: > type: SCSI > disk: da0s1 > label: > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 255 > sectors/cylinder: 16065 > cylinders: 17750 > sectors/unit: 285155328 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # milliseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 20971520 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > b: 20971520 75497472 swap > c: 285153687 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, > don't edit > d: 20971520 20971520 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > e: 20971520 41943040 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > f: 12582912 62914560 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > bsdlabel: partition c doesn't cover the whole unit! > bsdlabel: An incorrect partition c may cause problems for standard system > utilities It's complaining that 285153687 (see "c" partition) does not equal 285155328 (see "sectors/unit" up top). > thanks for any advice, Im not really confident with the FreeBSD disk > management as I havent used it much, I'm left wondering why you're messing around with bsdlabel on a FreeBSD install in the first place. :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |
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