In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chad Leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> I have sent this three or four times already in the last 30 hours and
> never seen it show up in the list... I am trying sending from a different
> account.
I haven't seen it before.
[system having root on da0s1e partition not booting.]
Yup. One of the few magic partitions is root - it has to be a for the
system to boot
> How do I fix this? How do I change the root partition from using "e" to
> "a"? I would think I could use disklabel to map the "a" partition to the
> same range of blocks as the "e" partition, remake the special dev files,
> and be done with it.
Yup, that's the way you fix it.
> However, I am wanting some second opinions on this,
> and since I am not a disklabel guru, some guidance on how to use disklabel
> without screwing up my system would be appreciated.
Basically, run "disklabel -e /dev/da0s1". That will create a temporary
file with the disklabel in it, and open an editor on that file. Delete
the line - if it exists - for a, copy the e line to where it was, and
then change the initial e to an a. Then save the file and exit the
editor. Fix your fstab to refer to da0s1a instead of da0s1e, and
reboot.
<mike
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