Subject: Re: Manual creation of a vnd image - newfs freezes
To: Sarton O'Brien <bsd-xen@roguewrt.org>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 01/07/2007 11:57:59
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 02:18:28PM +1100, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> In the last few weeks I've needed to resize a few images and thought creating 
> them manually, without the use of the install kernel would be most 
> appropriate for transferring the existing system.
> 
> The process went something like:
> 
> dd -> mount -> disklabel
> 
> Not being an old hand at disklabel, I kept it as simple as possible using as 
> many defaults as I could. It all seemed to go accordingly up until issuing 
> newfs on vnd0a where it would freeze after a second or two.

Did you try using rvnd0a instead ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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