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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: disklabel Date: 3 May 1996 15:03:11 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 42 Message-ID: <4md3mv$7m@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960502151447.1568B-100000@sandstorm.cs.odu.edu> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jamie Bowden (bowden@cs.odu.edu) wrote: : I redid one of the drives on my news server the other night, and am : wondering how important is the label. I booted an install floppy to : repartition. Heres the relevant info: [disklabel header deleted] : 8 partitions: : # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] : a: 614400 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - : 614399) : c: 8410200 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - : 8410199) : e: 7795800 614400 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 614400 - : 8410199) : 3:18pm tyger /home/jamie % : 3:18pm tyger /home/jamie %df -k : Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on : /dev/sd0a 201310 102002 83202 55% / : /dev/sd0s1e 1512670 703310 688346 51% /usr : /dev/sd1s1e 3278331 1327882 1688182 44% /var/news : /dev/sd0s1f 2425870 1023984 1207816 46% /var/news/alt/binaries : procfs 4 4 0 100% /proc : 3:20pm tyger /home/jamie % : The machine is running fine, but the label doesn't show the last slices : correctly. I am wondering if I should be worried. : Jamie : I have my finger on the pulse of the planet. I'd fix it soon if I were you, and I wouldn't reboot ! What does your disktab entry look like ? Did you forget the '\' at the end of the 'e' partition info ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....