Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 02:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/24435: Changing slice type causes Auto-partition to not work Message-ID: <200207140920.g6E9K3bh069273@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/24435; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp> To: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/24435: Changing slice type causes Auto-partition to not work Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 11:21:00 +0200 On Sunday 14 July 2002 10:21, Crist J. Clark wrote: > On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 03:30:03PM -0700, Steve Mazerski wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR bin/24435; it has been noted by GN= ATS. > > > > From: Steve Mazerski <smazerski@yahoo.co.jp> > > To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org > > Cc: rwatson@FreeBSD.org > > Subject: Re: bin/24435: Changing slice type causes Auto-partition to = not > > work Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 00:22:37 +0200 > > > > This email submitted to the "Submit Followup" link on: > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D3Dbin%2F24435 > > > > I have experienced the same problem with 4.6-RELEASE > > while attempting to rededicate a Linux ext2fs partition > > as a FreeBSD slice. > > > > Despite having changed the partition type to FreeBSD, > > in the partition allocation screen any attempt to > > create a partition produced the error message > > > > Unable to create the partition. Too big? > > Did you reboot? I believe that once the kernel loads up it's idea of a > slice table, it doesn't change even though you _do_ change the table > on the disk. I didn't get to the point in the installation program where changes were written to disk. I don't know whether it is possible to coerce the=20 installation programm to commit changes to the partition table before proceeding to the disklabel editor. I did restart the installation proces= s=20 several times, in the belief I had missed something. After rebooting into Linux, changing the partition/slice type to FreeBSD, then restarting the installation process, the problem went away. > That would still be a bug tho'. I suspect it is. If I can be of any help (reproducing the situation, testing a fix) please let me know. Many thanks for your feedback. Yours S.Mazerski To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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