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

[Jerry McAllister]

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> Hi all,
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> I get this when I type 
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> /home/paul# fdisk -u
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> fdisk: cannot open disk /dev/ad0: No such file or directory
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> ad0 is there because it's just booted off it.  
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> I have also tried this from a live CD with no active mounts.
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You cannot fdisk the disk you are booted from or a mounted disk
other than just to read the information - but no updating.

If you need to modify the primary label of your boot disk, then
you will need to boot from something else, such as a 'fixit' CD.
In 4.xx and before, the fixit was the second CD.  In 5.xxx (and I
presume after), the fixit is the first CD.  

> This person had exactly the same problem:
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> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=
> <http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=357343>
> &threadid=357343
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> I too had used dd to transfer from a smaller HD.
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Not a good idea.
First, build your new (larger) disk properly with fdisk/disklabel/bsdlabel
and newfs first (or you can use /stand/sysinstall - see 'man 8 sysinstall).
Then use dump(8)/restore(8) to transfer the file systems.

////jerry

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> Additional info:
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> /home/paul# df -h
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> Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
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> /dev/ad0s1a    193M     92M     86M    52%    /
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> devfs          1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
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> /dev/ad0s1d    242M    432K    222M     0%    /tmp
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> /dev/ad0s1f    4.8G    3.0G    1.4G    68%    /usr
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> /dev/ad0s1e    242M    163M     59M    73%    /var
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> devfs          1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /var/named/dev
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> Thanks.
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> Paul
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