Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 10:16:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Marc Frajola <marc@enginet.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to fdisk/disklabel whole disk for FreeBSD from command line? Message-ID: <20000302101615.I2905@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200003011911.LAA00739@mass.cdrom.com> References: <200003010905.BAA16360@enginet.com> <200003011911.LAA00739@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Wednesday, 1 March 2000 at 11:11:35 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >>> What are you using for your command lines? You have to target the >>> disklabel specifically at slice 1 on the disk otherwise disklabel will >>> think you're trying to overwrite the slice table and get mad. >> >> Here's what I did: >> >> fdisk -e /dev/rda1 >> disklabel -r -w da1 auto >> >> The disklabel command gives 'disklabel: No space left on device'. > > This is nonsensical; first you are trying to slice the disk, then you are > trying to initialise it sliceless without first removing the slices. > > If you want the disk sliced, use disklabel on rda1sX, where X is the > slice you've created. If you want it unsliced, dd 8k of zeroes over the > beginning of da1 first. You've got to admit that that's a workaround. What we really need is some kind of "please start again from scratch" option. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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