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On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 04:06:51PM +0100, Axel Scheepers wrote:
> Hi all,
> I was wondering, I have about 9GB free on the same disk I installed NetBS=
D.=20
> NetBSD's slice is 4096MB, is it possible (and how?) to add the extra 9GB =
as an
> extra slice to mount e.g. /usr?
> Creating it isnt' the problem, but how do I acces that slice? Coming from=
=20
> FreeBSD I mis the ad0sX scheme of partitioning, is this possible under Ne=
tBSD
> also? I read something about adding a slice to another by changing the se=
ctor
> value, so that the slice will occupy more on the disk, this involves newf=
s the
> partitions afaik. It would be nice to have a way to do it without reinsta=
lling
> and restoring.

I don't think it is possible, because the idea is to have a single
disklabel for each disk. Instead, you can create new slices (not
disklabels) in the disk and then add them to the current disklabel
with the 'mbrlabel' program.

HTH

> Thanks in advance for your help,
> Kind regards,
> --=20
> Axel Scheepers
> UNIX System Administrator
>=20
> email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net
>        ascheepers@vianetworks.nl
> http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel
> ------------------------------------------
> Chemistry is applied theology.
> 		-- Augustus Stanley Owsley III
> ------------------------------------------

--=20
Of course it runs NetBSD - http://www.netbsd.org
Julio Merino <slink@unixbsd.org>

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