Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:11:38 +0300 From: nickolasbug@gmail.com To: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: labelling root file system (RELENG_8) Message-ID: <BANLkTimBYL8e2y86m7GZv5U8hdok3KR%2B=w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4DEF7322.8030907@gmx.de> References: <4DEF7322.8030907@gmx.de>
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1. Change your root fstab record to /dev/ada0s4a (not label!), reboot to single mode and try to re-label partition. 2. Try boot from live CD or installation CD (fixup console) and label file system without mounting 2011/6/8 Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>: > Greetings, > > I've tried to re-label an existing (and up to date) 8-STABLE > installation's root partition. =A0This failed, tunefs reports it cannot > write the super block. > > I have attempted this sequence: > > 1. reboot (through BIOS and loader) directly into single-user mode > (boot -s) > 2. sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=3D16 > 3. tunefs -L root /dev/ada0s4a =A0 =A0# that's the dev I mount the root > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# part= ition from > > Still no joy =3D> tunefs cannot update the super block. > > Remounting / as rw doesn't help, as expected. > > The root fs uses softupdates but no journalling -- what other hoops do I > need to jump through to create labels for my root ufs file system? > > Thanks. > > Best regards, > Matthias > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ------- wbr, Nickolas
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