Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 13:58:32 -0700 From: "Mike O'Brien" <obrien@antares.aero.org> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: slice editor doesn't always show '=' flag Message-ID: <95Jul18.135848pdt.111123-1@aero.org>
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I successfully installed 2.0.5R this weekend, though I am still recovering from my success (recompiling everything). I was prepared to go the whole distance, so I dumped the initial DOS partition on my hard drive as well as the FreeBSD file systems. If I had to, I was ready to scrub the whole drive, repartition, and reinstall, so the slice stuff would be happy. I entered the slice editor and looked around at what it had to say. Uh-oh, no '=' flags, the kernel's gonna complain about "Partition not completely contained in slice" or something. Guess I'll have to repartition, I said to myself. I found the partition editor medium confusing, since it wouldn't let me change the size of the DOS partition. I figured I had to do this since there were no '=' flags on either my DOS or my FreeBSD partition. I undid everything, left the slice editor, and went into the partition editor to see what it had to say. I looked around in there without changing anything, left it, and went back into the slice editor. Lo and behold, now I had '=' flags! Hoo-ray! I messed with some stuff, undid everything...and the original numbers were back, all right, but this time there were no '=' flags. I exited the slice editor, re-entered it, and sure enough, there were the '=' flags, back again. I left well enough alone, installed all of 2.0.5 from CD-ROM, and when it booted, the kernel was completely happy with all the partitions, just as they'd been in 2.0R. Pant, pant. I guess what I'm saying here is that the '=' stuff is currently an invitation to heart attacks. I would have checked the 'bugs' archive except the Web page says it's unavailable right now. Mike O'Brien
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