Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 01:18:20 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Jon Drukman <jsd@mail.gamespot.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newfs extended partition Message-ID: <20001008011820.A252@parish> In-Reply-To: <200010072156.OAA23870@mail.gamespot.com>; from jsd@mail.gamespot.com on Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 02:56:33PM -0700 References: <200010072156.OAA23870@mail.gamespot.com>
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On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 02:56:33PM -0700, Jon Drukman wrote: > I just reclaimed an old disk drive and for > various reasons I want to just wipe out an > MSDOS partition that lies in the extended > partition. I can mount it fine, it shows > up in FreeBSD as /dev/ad0s7. However, I > can't newfs it. I get the following message, > which I can't figure out: > > cluttered# newfs /dev/ad0s7 > newfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Invalid argument > newfs: /dev/ad0s7: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified > You can't create a ffs filesystem in an extended partition. You will have to delete the extended partition and re-create it as a primary. > I don't want to muck around with disklabel without > knowing what I'm doing. I have backed up the data > but I'd rather not disturb the other stuff in the > extended partition if possible. > > -jsd- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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