On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:53:12 -0300, Alejandro Pulver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello,
Hi there, > > I have free space between two slices to I tried to do the same as you. Thank you! > When you have the image of a slice generated by 'dd', it contains its > partitions and filesystems. First you may want to make that slice image > (file) to appear in '/dev', so you can manipulate its partitions. This > is done (in FreeBSD 5.X, if you use 4.X use'vnconfig', there are > examples in the Handbook) like with a CD-ROM ISO image (see the > Handbook->Storage): > > mdconfig -a -t vnode -f <file> -u <n> > > It will appear in '/dev' as 'md<n>', with its partitions, like the > following: > > md1a > md1c > [...] > > So you can mount them, dump them, etc., like with a slice (in fact, > it is an image of a slice). > > When you end what you want to do with it, do (after unmounting the > partitions): > > mdconfig -d -u <n> > > Best Regards, > Ale > Great, this is what I was searching for! Thank you once more! Best regards, -- Pietro "Piter" Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Beansidhe - SwiSS Death / Thrash Metal <www.beansidhe.ch> Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming or what?" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
