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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.0.5R ?
Date: 30 May 1995 17:53:25 +0200
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Toomas Losin <a00776@giant.rsoft.bc.ca> wrote:

>I have the 0412 snap installed and I upgraded to the current kernel by
>replacing just the /usr/src/sys tree and compiling it.  This kernel
>complains 'rejecting partition in BSD label: it isn't entirely within the
>slice' at boot and whenever a filesystem is mounted, but the system uses
>the filesystem without any problems.  However, fdisk and disklabel do not
>work.
>
>Is this a real problem or am I suffering from version skew between the
>kernel and other utilities?

"Doctor, it hurts, when i do this." -- "Don't do this."

You're suffering from -current. :)  (And SNAP's are something like
"-current for the masses".)

If it works, best ignore the warning...  If you're bothered too much,
try to fix it (but don't ask me how -- i didn't fix it :).
-- 
cheers, J"org                      private:   joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
                                   http://www.sax.de/~joerg/

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)