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Date:      Thu, 14 Aug 2003 10:34:48 +1000 (EST)
From:      Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>
To:        Nicole <nicole@daemontech.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 5.1 system refuses to change slice  via label
Message-ID:  <20030814103105.G95202-100000@hewey.af.speednet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.030813163642.nicole@daemontech.com>

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Nicole wrote:

>  Hello
>  I have a Fresh install of a 5.1-RELEASE system.
>  I need to change the layout of the disk by slicing up a current slice a bit
> more.  It is not used by anything and has been removed from fstab and the
> machine rebooted.
>  However when I go into sysinstall to use the label editor to change it I get
> an error when I try to "Write changes" to this disk and an IDE disk in the
> system as well.
>
> ERROR: Unable to write data to disk da0!

This has been complained about before on -current (where this
question shouldve been asked).

disklabel it manually (disklabel -e)

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 :{ andyf@speednet.com.au

        Andy Farkas
    System Administrator
   Speednet Communications
 http://www.speednet.com.au/





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