Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:50:22 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding slice on existing disk Message-ID: <4B8C0C6E.3020009@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <20100301174901.95041084.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4B8B881C.1040008@eskk.nu> <20100301174901.95041084.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 2010-03-01 17:49, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:25:48 +0100, Leslie Jensen<leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: >> On a dualboot system I've made some space available that I want to make >> a freebsd slice of. >> [...] >> Any suggestions on how to solve this? > > I would suggest to use sysinstall oder sade for this task, > this is because I'm lazy. :-) > > In the slice editor, you create a slice covering the space > you made free, or, if neccessary, you delete obsolete slices > prior to creating a new one. > > In the label editor, you select the new slice (e. g. ad4s4) > and create a partition covering the whole slice. You set > the options "UFS2+S Y" (which means to use UFS2 file system > plus soft updates, and "yes" to newfs, so the partition will > be formatted), and set a mountpoint that you have already > created (e. g. /data). > > Finally you confirm the settings and write them to the disk. At this screen: -------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD Disklabel Editor Disk: ad4 Partition name: ad4s4 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Disk: ad4 Partition name: ad4s3 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ad4s4d /data 30866MB UFS2+S Y ad4s3a <none> 1024MB * ad4s3b swap 4096MB SWAP ad4s3d <none> 2048MB * ad4s3e <none> 4096MB * ad4s3f <none> 20480MB * ad4s3g <none> 28125MB * The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): C = Create D = Delete M = Mount pt. W = Write N = Newfs Opts Q = Finish S = Toggle SoftUpdates Z = Custom Newfs T = Toggle Newfs U = Undo A = Auto Defaults R = Delete+Merge Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select. -------------------------------------------------------------- Unfortunately at this point when I choose W to write the changes I get the following error: Unable to add /dev/ad4s3b as a swap device: the device is busy This is the existing swap partition so I do not quite understand why I get this error Then I choose OK and then I get: Error mounting /dev/ad4s4d on /data : No such file or directory > This should work fine. > > Of course, you can do the same using the command line tools, > in the same order: > 1. create new slice, > 2. create new partition inside slice, > 3. format the partition, and finally > 4. mount it. > > >
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