Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:49:21 +0100 From: J65nko BSD <j65nko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding a partition Message-ID: <19861fba0501281149488bf26d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050128143546.GD307@weller-fahy.com> References: <20050128143546.GD307@weller-fahy.com>
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:36:08 +0101, David J. Weller-Fahy <dave-lists-freebsd-questions@weller-fahy.com> wrote: > I left about 26GB free on my 80GB hard drive. Having found a use for > that space, I now want to add a partition. I've not added one by hand, > and /stand/sysinstall gives me a 'cannot write to ...' message, so I > want confirmation that what I'm about to do won't crump on me. ;] > > System is two 80GB ATA hard drives on a 'Promise PDC20269 UDMA133 > controller' (according to dmesg), with one on each channel (both > master). I'm running software raid using atacontrol. > > My current partition table follows: > > #v+ > dave[tigger]~> sudo bsdlabel ar0s1 > # /dev/ar0s1: > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 1048576 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 8 > b: 2097152 1048576 swap > c: 156296322 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit > d: 73400320 30408704 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28544 > e: 2097152 3145728 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > f: 12582912 5242880 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > g: 12582912 17825792 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > #v- > > To use up the unused space, I believe I need to add the following line: > > #v+ > h: 52487298 103809024 4.2BSD 2048 16384 28552 > #v- > > Could someone who's done that before confirm whether that looks right? > First you need to create a FreeBSD slice with fdisk, say /dev/ar0s2. Only then you can disklabel that /dev/ar0s2. =Adriaan=
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