On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 11:38:16AM +0200, Federico Giannici wrote: > I don't know how I made it (probably in previous releases of OS), > but now I have a disk with the following disklabel: > > # /dev/rsd2c: > type: SCSI > disk: SCSI disk > label: ST1000DM003-9YN1 > duid: b0e3fc037df87899 > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 255 > sectors/cylinder: 16065 > cylinders: 121601 > total sectors: 1953525168 > boundstart: 64 > boundend: 1953520065 > drivedata: 0 > > 16 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 1953519936 64 4.2BSD 8192 65536 1 # /bu > c: 1953525168 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 > > > As you can see the "c" partition is not of type "unused", and some > commands complain of this. > > I wasn't able to change this situation. I tried with "disklabel -E > sd2", "disklabel -d sd2", "disklabel -R sd2 proto" (with a proper > "proto" file), but nothing changed. > > What is the proper way to handle this? > Please note that "a" partition contains data that must be preserved > (I umounted that partition before all disklabel commands). > > The system is a 5.3 amd64, and sd2 is a normal SATA disk. > > Thanks. >
disklabel(8) contains a description of the 'z' command available in the -E mode. It should kill 'c' dead. Just add 'a' back with the same parameters it had brfore. Not that Nick's solution isn't more fun! .... Ken
