Thanks for the tip! On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 1:54 PM Kenneth Gober <kgo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 3:42 PM nisp1953 <nisp6...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am usinOpenBSD 7.6 GENERIC.MP#338 amd64 >> >> I have a 1 TB disk I formatted under Linux. I wanted to change the >> disklabel from: >> [...] >> sd1> m i >> offset: [64] >> size: [1953525040] >> FS type: [unknown] ext2fs >> sd1*> p >> OpenBSD area: 64-1953525104; size: 1953525040; free: 0 >> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] >> c: 1953525167 0 unused >> i: 1953525040 64 ext2fs >> sd1*> w >> disklabel: DIOCWDINFO: Input/output error >> disklabel: unable to write label >> sd1*> x >> > > You should consider the 'i' slice in disklabel informational. It is not a > real slice defined/stored in the disklabel, rather it is a 'view' shown > with the disklabel of something defined elsewhere, in this case the disk > partition table. To modify it you should use a tool like fdisk(8). It is > shown with the disklabel so you'll know it's occupied so you won't try to > use it for OpenBSD purposes. > > -ken >
