Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 16:19:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Question=answer <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Howto: UNUSED data on HD, Melting 2 partitions into 1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719161630.29114C-100000@outpost.nada.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980718141150.21408A-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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oooops! I missed that! On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Julian Elischer wrote: > > ########## WARNING.. GROSS HACK!! ############################## > > fdisk -u /dev/rwd0 > > > > edit the LAST table entry (presently <UNUSED>) > > give it the following values: > > > > start: 2056320 > > size: 1016064 > > ending: 3072383 > > type 165 > > > > this will define a new BSD partition that points to the unused space > > below the BSD partition. > > but it is LATER in the table so it won't be the default BSD part.. > > it will show up after a reboot as /dev/rwd0s4 > > > > -reboot- in the same way you just did.. > > copy the bootblocks and disklabel from the existing BSD partition to > the > > new one. > > dd if=/dev/rwd0s2 of=/dev/rwd0s4 count=16 > > this copies the first 8k. you now have a disklabel in that slice. > > and becasue the blocks are refered to in ABSOLUTE TERMS the table entries > > for the partitions still point to the starts of the partitions in the > > other slice. > > > > reboot: (may not be needed but......) > > > > disklabel -r /dev/rwd0s4 > > we should get some valid info but it will probably complain mightily. > > > It occurs to me that this may be enough for you.. > The new space doesn't need to be part of the existing BSD slice.. > we can simply add another. > > Using disklabel -e > you can correct the partitions here so that only partition c and d exist, > and both cover the entire SLICE. then newfs the new 'd' partition. > newfs /dev/rwd0s4d > > this would be all you ned to do.. > enter it into the /etc/fstab as wd0s4d > > you should be done.. Well, I would prefer to have just one fbsd slice... Unless you tell me that it's really shooting myself in the foot... BTW, I lost some mail recently (because I'm an imbecile, and that I don't take rm seriously enough...). Could you forward me the mail greg sent me? thanks! Spidey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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