In message <20030509141045.GA6835_at_kevad.internal>, Vallo Kallaste writes: >On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 10:14:52PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp ><phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: > >> >third slice is there. The only thing missing is now /dev entry for >> >this slice, there's no /dev/adXs3. This /dev entry will be created >> >when I reboot the system, but that's not acceptable. Any workaround? >> >> Unfortunately, I don't have time to work much on this issue, just >> getting the kernel side and the basic tools (bsdlabel(8), sunlabel(8) >> etc in shape takes most of the time I have. >> >> Try using "bsdlabel -e" next time, it is not as hard as you might >> fear. > >Ok, I'm actually not that inexperienced wrt to disklabel, as you >might guess :) Anyway, there seems to be some misunderstanding, as I >was talking about disk slices, not disk labels. I can't put label on >the slice when the device node is missing in the first case. >Bsdlabel -e is useless in this case, no? Will bsdlabel "notify" geom >in some way about missing node so it will be created on the fly? >Can't try it myself in the coming two days or so. Sorry, my misunderstanding. Anyway, for slices use "fdisk -u" and you should be good. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Fri May 09 2003 - 12:13:22 UTC
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