Re: fdisk: class not found
On 5/12/09, Saifi Khan wrote: > On Mon, 11 May 2009, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Saifi Khan wrote: >> | Hi all: >> Hi Saifi, >> >> | Trying to write a partition table using fdisk supplied in the >> | installation DVD of FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 snapshot. >> | >> | Should we write new partition table ? [n] y >> | fdisk: Class not found >> | >> | When i again run 'fdisk' it should the old partition table. >> | >> | What exactly does 'Class not found' mean ? >> >> This comes from geom. See geom(8). >> > > Hi Pietro: > > Does this imply, geom_mbr needs to be loaded, if one is using > the Fixit# (DVD/Live) console ? No, geom_part* are already replacing obsolete modules; geom_mbr is one of them targeted for removal. Until fdisk and bsdlabel got fixed you should use gpart(8) instead. I switched to gpart(8) months ago(did complete reinstallation) so that I could have more than 8 labels :) -- Paul ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fdisk: class not found
On Mon, 11 May 2009, Pietro Cerutti wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Saifi Khan wrote: > | Hi all: > Hi Saifi, > > | Trying to write a partition table using fdisk supplied in the > | installation DVD of FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 snapshot. > | > | Should we write new partition table ? [n] y > | fdisk: Class not found > | > | When i again run 'fdisk' it should the old partition table. > | > | What exactly does 'Class not found' mean ? > > This comes from geom. See geom(8). > Hi Pietro: Does this imply, geom_mbr needs to be loaded, if one is using the Fixit# (DVD/Live) console ? thanks Saifi. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: fdisk: class not found
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Saifi Khan wrote: | Hi all: Hi Saifi, | Trying to write a partition table using fdisk supplied in the | installation DVD of FreeBSD 8.0 i386 200905 snapshot. | | Should we write new partition table ? [n] y | fdisk: Class not found | | When i again run 'fdisk' it should the old partition table. | | What exactly does 'Class not found' mean ? This comes from geom. See geom(8). | | There is no mention of the 'Class' in fdisk man page at | http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=fdisk&sektion=8 | | Can the experienced BSD guys explain ? | | | thanks | Saifi. - -- Pietro Cerutti g...@freebsd.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp +-+ | How do you get | |that backwards b?| +-+ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkoIYdgACgkQwMJqmJVx947R0QCcDrLUjkU+z/shQQtmPzGGVJFN nF8AnA1m/emOWiq7v1jKypLyOZYWNJHj =bIVF -END PGP SIGNATURE- pi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
