On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:58:37 +0100, Charles Erik McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Do you have any error messages related to ad2 or ad3 in > /var/log/messages? > no. > > > >>I have two large disks: > > >> > > >>/dev/ad2 144G 124G 9.2G 93% /mnt/sp1604n > > >>/dev/ad3 226G 202G 5.2G 98% /mnt/wd2500pb > > > > >Did you use disklabel on these disks (/dev/ad2s1 and /dev/ad3s1) to > > >create a partition on the slice? > > > > The above looks like an excerpt of `df`, meaning that not only was > bsdlabel > > not used, but neither was fdisk. That could be a problem for some things > > that at least expect a partition table somewhere. > > Correct, it is from 'df', but both disks were initialized from within > the fdisk editor > in the installer, where I used the "use entire disk" option. >
> So, for example: > > bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2 > disklabel: /dev/ad2: no valid label found > bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2s1 > # /dev/ad2s1: > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > c: 312576642 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, > don't edit > bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad3 > disklabel: /dev/ad3: no valid label found > bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad3s1 > # /dev/ad3s1: > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > c: 488392002 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part, > don't edit > bastion(root):/usr/src# > you don't have any partitions on those disks. You need to use disklabel to create an "a" partition. a: 488392002 0 BSD 0 0 # c: 488392002 0 unused 0 0 # "raw" part Scot _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
