Otto Moerbeek wrote:
quoted text > On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 12:12:04AM +0200, bdz wrote:
>
>> hi!
>>
>> i installed my system with the automated disklabel layout, i just made
>> some size modifications. the disk is a 500G sata. i got a lot of space
>> at the end of the disk that now i want to use as storage. i can not add
>> the new label 'l' because disklabel says:
>>
>> > a l
>> offset: [0]
>> The offset must be >= 0 and < 0, the limits of the OpenBSD portion
>> of the disk. The 'b' command can change these limits.
>>
>> the response is the same for any specified number.
>>
>> here is the current layout:
>> > p
>> OpenBSD area: 0-0; size: 0; free: 63
>> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
>> a: 2104452 63 4.2BSD 2048 16384 1 # /
>> b: 2104515 2104515 swap
>> c: 976773168 0 unused
Something is fishy here... You should have some space before that.
Normally 63. Did you let fdisk do its job by itself or did you do that
manually?
/Alexander