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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
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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....