2011/6/8 Matthias Andree <matthias.and...@gmx.de>: > Am 08.06.2011 15:11, schrieb nickolas...@gmail.com: >> 1. Change your root fstab record to /dev/ada0s4a (not label!), reboot >> to single mode and try to re-label partition. > > Indeed not mounting from the label was (apparently) the key to solve > this. Thank you. > > In fact the successful procedure was: > > - from boot menu, escape to loader prompt > - set vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0s4a > - boot -s > - tunefs -L mylabel /dev/ada0s4a > - mount -a > - edit /etc/fstab to use /dev/ufs/mylabel as device for / > - shutdown -r now >
Right, you cannot re-label partition because you've mount filesystem through label device. So this device is already in use and re-labeling would destroy label device. ----- wbr, Nickolas _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
