Re: How to fdisk/disklabel whole disk for FreeBSD from command line?

[Mike Smith]

> > What are you using for your command lines?  You have to target the
> > disklabel specifically at slice 1 on the disk otherwise disklabel will
> > think you're trying to overwrite the slice table and get mad.
> 
>     Here's what I did:
> 
>       fdisk -e /dev/rda1
>       disklabel -r -w da1 auto
> 
>     The disklabel command gives 'disklabel: No space left on device'.

This is nonsensical; first you are trying to slice the disk, then you are 
trying to initialise it sliceless without first removing the slices.

If you want the disk sliced, use disklabel on rda1sX, where X is the 
slice you've created.  If you want it unsliced, dd 8k of zeroes over the 
beginning of da1 first.

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