Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:16:50 +0100 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@service2media.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Steve Franks <bahamasfranks@gmail.com> Subject: Re: can't make an 'a' slice except with auto-defaults Message-ID: <201002031016.50645.pieter@service2media.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b91002021859h6761ef1fk244d69000e089c65@mail.gmail.com> References: <539c60b91002021859h6761ef1fk244d69000e089c65@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 03 February 2010 03:59:15 Steve Franks wrote: > On a running system. I mean, I know I should quit being a &%^#& and > read the manpage for bsdlabel, but sysintall really does have a nice > tui. sade(8) is the standalone version of sysinstall's partitioning subroutine. Also, if you're running a reasonably recent version of FreeBSD, you might want to take a look at gpart(8) which can do slicing and labeling (and a whole bunch of other disk partitioning related stuff). Regards, Pieter > 'C'reate slice goes straight to 'd', even on a 'fresh' disk. > I see in the handbook, this is alluded to, but some intermediate level > between begginer and expert (bsdlabel just strikes me as way too easy > to trash the disk I'm running off of while trying to make a backup), > would be nice...512M just won't fit the kernel+symbols. > > <fuming, reading man bsdlabel ;) > > > Steve
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