On Friday July 8 2005 1:04 pm, Ikmal Ahmad wrote: > On 7/9/05, Dimitri Yioulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday July 8 2005 11:08 am, you wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 09:50:26AM -0400, Dimitri Yioulos wrote: > > > > cohasset# disklabel wd0 > > # using MBR partition 0: type A6 off 63 (0x3f) size 41943040 (0x2800000) > > # /dev/rwd0c: > > type: ESDI > > disk: ad0s1 > > label: > > flags: > > bytes/sector: 512 > > sectors/track: 63 > > tracks/cylinder: 16 > > sectors/cylinder: 1008 > > cylinders: 38792 > > total sectors: 39102336 > > rpm: 3600 > > interleave: 1 > > trackskew: 0 > > cylinderskew: 0 > > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > > drivedata: 0 > > > > 8 partitions: > > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > > a: 37748529 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 328 # Cyl 0*- > > 37448 b: 2097648 37748592 swap # Cyl > > 37449 - 39529 c: 8387505 63 unused 0 0 # > > Cyl 0*- 8320 > > Something wrong here a size bigger than c that make b offset out of > range. and u face the problem :) > > label 'c' is a label that represents the whole disk. > refer: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#disklabel
Many thanks to all (Stuart, thanks for tips on posting) for your help. I guess I didn't rtfm very well. I didn't realize that c: was where the "whole disk" partition should live. Is there any way to salvage my current install, or should I bite the bullet and start again. If I start again, and choose "whole disk", will it obliterate the current partition scheme? Again, I'd rather slice up the disk myself, but I couldn't seem to make that work. Dimitri
