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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: sysinstall Won't Let Me Partition wd1
Date: 31 Jan 1997 22:36:08 GMT
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Mike Kerr <mkerr@kerris.com> wrote:

I can't help you much with the sysinstall part (i've never been using
it for a post-installation disk setup), and you haven't even indicated
which version you're using -- sysinstall evolved heavily over time.

But:

> Other people have obviously been able to do this, so if you are one such
> person, I would REALLY value hearing from you.  I've also tried
> command-line methods for creating the labels (from Joerg's earlier email
> to someone else) but it gives me errors and won't do anything.

Hmm.  If you don't post the errors -- how should people help you?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)