Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:38:10 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jo=E3o_Pinheiro?= <jp@pontosi.pt> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk - can't update an in-use partition - solved Message-ID: <46D07712.4030405@pontosi.pt> In-Reply-To: <46D063FB.5070602@pontosi.pt> References: <46D063FB.5070602@pontosi.pt>
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Joćo Pinheiro escreveu: > Hi, > I have freebsd 6.2 installed on a disk with a 260Gb partition with > only a 30Gb label (don't ask :P) and I'm trying to resize the active > partition to the size of the existing label, so I can create another > partition. I've already set kern.geom.debugflags=16 to be able to > write to mbr, but fdisk doesn't update my disk and gives the following > error: > > fdisk: conflict with open slices > > Does anywone know a way to force fdisk to update the partition table? > This is a remote machine so I can't boot from CD to correct the > partition table and/or reinstall the SO. > > Thanks in advance, > Joćo Pinheiro > _______________________________________________ > 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" > It seems fdisk updates the partition table anyway, it only displays a notice. Joćo Pinheiro
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