On 21/04/07, L Goodwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I want to dedicate the entire disk to a single FreeBSD partition ("da1s1a"), and am a little confused about editing partitions via "bsdlabel -e <slicename>".Prior to editing, it looks like this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # /dev/da1s1: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 17908300 16 unused 0 0 c: 17908316 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I gather that I should change the following field values for "c:": fstype: 4.2BSD fsize: 2048 bsize: 16384 Questions: 1) Do I change the "size" value for "a:" or leave at current size?
NO
2) Do I leave the "c:" line alone (in place) and if YES does its "size" and "offset" values need to be edited?
Leave it alone.
If someone could show me what it should look like when done, I'd appreciate it. When I leave the "c:" entry in place, I get /dev/da1s1a and /dev/da1s1c in /dev/. Should I delete the "c:" entry? Here's what I have now: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # /dev/da1s1: 8 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] a: 17908300 16 4.2BSD 2048 16384 c: 17908316 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't edit the bsdlabel at all, just: # newfs -U /dev/da1s1a and it will automatically fill out the fsize, bsize, and bps/cpg fields. You can then add a line to fstab, mount it, fill it with text files containing the word "corn" ever and over. c: should nearly never be touched, and definitely never in the course of simply setting up a disk for use. -- -- _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
