> Recently, I copied a 4.1-20000813-STABLE installation to a larger disk.
>
> I used /stand/sysinstall to create a "dangerously dedicated" disk and to
> custom label it. Thereafter, I mounted the new slices on temporary
> mount points on the old disk and copied the folders and files using
> Midnight Commander. It all works like a charm with one exception.
>
> My problem is that the root "/" partition installed on the "s1e" rather
> than the "s1a" slice The s1a slice does not exist on this disk.
I had a similar situation only a few days ago. I don't know if this
is correct, or should even work, but it did for me. Just change the
label from "e" to "a" using `disklabel -e ad?` (it will put you into
an editor, see `man disklabel` for more details). For example, say
this is your current layout (use `disklabel ad?` to get this output):
[begin output]
<bunch of other stuff>
8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
b: 196608 65536 swap # (Cyl. 4*- 16*)
c: 8421840 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 524*)
e: 65536 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 4*)
f: 1048576 262144 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 16*- 81*)
g: 65536 1310720 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 81*- 85*)
h: 7045584 1376256 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 85*- 524*)
[end output]
Change the line which starts with "e" to "a" using `disklabel -e ad?`,
so it'll look like:
[begin output]
8 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
b: 196608 65536 swap # (Cyl. 4*- 16*)
c: 8421840 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 524*)
a: 65536 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 4*)
f: 1048576 262144 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 16*- 81*)
g: 65536 1310720 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 81*- 85*)
h: 7045584 1376256 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 85*- 524*)
[end output]
After this you're going to need to make the device entry for your new
label (`cd /dev;sh MAKEDEV ad?s1a`) and you should be all set.
Although I used the IDE driver for all my examples, this should also
work for SCSI disks. Also, while this shouldn't touch the actual data
on your disk, I strongly recommend you have a backup; just in case.
Hope this helps
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