fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/ad0: No such file or directory

2005-10-03 Thread Paul Clark
Hi all, I get this when I type /home/paul# fdisk -u fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/ad0: No such file or directory ad0 is there because it's just booted off it. I have also tried this from a live CD with no active mounts. This person had exactly the same problem: http://www.linuxque

/dev/ad0s1a: Permission denied.

2005-10-01 Thread Paul Clark
Hi all, I get permission denied when I try to read the label of any partition: theatlantis# /dev/ad0s1a /dev/ad0s1a: Permission denied. I've tried using freesbie live cd and unmounting all of the partitions. What's going on? Thanks Paul

Tried everything to create a new slice...

2005-09-27 Thread Paul Clark
Hi all, I have a 6gb slice on a 10gb drive. I want to make use of the unused 4gb by creating a new slice in it and mounting /home on it. If I use sysinstall in multi or single user mode it says: "ERROR: Unable to write data to disk ad0!" I have tried using the live cd but the keyboard map is wr

DPMS on laptop not working

2005-09-27 Thread Paul Clark
Hi, I just installed Freebsd on a Dell Latitude C600 with 14" SXGA screen. It needs to be on all the time so I need a way of turning the screen off. I have played with sysctl hw.acpi.* thingies to get it to suspend. But none of the power states only turn the screen off. I want to