Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:00:47 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dd question Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509271857480.36906@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5607FA6E.5040600@hiwaay.net> References: <5606A4FF.4090105@hiwaay.net> <CA%2BtpaK3UOEfKSfSjbdcH%2BR2jaU9=XVBEg%2B%2Bjn5VCbiiUkLF_Tg@mail.gmail.com> <56073915.6030707@hiwaay.net> <20150927131036.c6b2d9ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509270540450.40168@wonkity.com> <5607E84D.1050803@hiwaay.net> <20150927155354.7dab526a.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607F676.10307@hiwaay.net> <20150927160604.f1e1c21d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607FA6E.5040600@hiwaay.net>
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On Sun, 27 Sep 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > If I use disklabel to add a 'd' slice, will that mess up what is already > there ? What is the syntax for that, I don't see it in the disklabel/bsdlabel > man page ? The man page for disklabel/bsdlabel shows a way to initialize a > whole disk using 'fdisk -BI <dev>' & implies that this will create a 'da0s1' > slice in the process. However it will also wipe out what is already there. If > I do that, can I then copy the img-file contents in some way ? Thanks & TIA > :-) .... Please stop using fdisk and bsdlabel. gpart(8) does everything they do and is easier to use. Messing with a bsdlabel installer image is probably a waste of time, but yes, you can add a partition (a bsdlabel partition). Or you can probably use growfs to expand the filesystem to the size of the drive. If you already have images on the network, consider mounting them with NFS instead.
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