Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:15:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions !!!! <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dd question Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509281212410.97426@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <5608BDB4.6060200@hiwaay.net> References: <5606A4FF.4090105@hiwaay.net> <CA%2BtpaK3UOEfKSfSjbdcH%2BR2jaU9=XVBEg%2B%2Bjn5VCbiiUkLF_Tg@mail.gmail.com> <56073915.6030707@hiwaay.net> <20150927131036.c6b2d9ce.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509270540450.40168@wonkity.com> <5607E84D.1050803@hiwaay.net> <20150927155354.7dab526a.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607F676.10307@hiwaay.net> <20150927160604.f1e1c21d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5607FA6E.5040600@hiwaay.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1509271857480.36906@wonkity.com> <5608BDB4.6060200@hiwaay.net>
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On Sun, 27 Sep 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > On 09/27/15 20:07, Warren Block wrote: >> On Sun, 27 Sep 2015, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >>> If I use disklabel to add a 'd' slice, will that mess up what is already >>> there ? What is the syntax for that, I don't see it in the >>> disklabel/bsdlabel man page ? The man page for disklabel/bsdlabel shows a >>> way to initialize a whole disk using 'fdisk -BI <dev>' & implies that this >>> will create a 'da0s1' slice in the process. However it will also wipe out >>> what is already there. If I do that, can I then copy the img-file contents >>> in some way ? Thanks & TIA :-) .... >> >> Please stop using fdisk and bsdlabel. gpart(8) does everything they do and >> is easier to use. > I (think I) am using them because of the way the install image is put > together, & I am trying to work around a perceived issue. Again, gpart(8) does everything they do. By that, I mean that gpart(8) can create bsdlabel partitions and MBR slices in addition to GPT and other partitioning schemes. None of these programs will resize a filesystem already present on a partition. growfs(8) does that for UFS.
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