From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 31 01:19:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 638DA16A41F for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:19:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02C1A43D58 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:19:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.2) with ESMTP id k2V1JHNE007726; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:19:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.13.6+Sun/8.12.2/Submit) id k2V1JHac007725; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:19:17 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200603310119.k2V1JHac007725@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: shih@math.jussieu.fr Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:19:17 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20060330232822.GA31890@math.jussieu.fr> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL7] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: formating a disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:19:18 -0000 > > Hi all > > I've strange problem with a external disk (firewire). I don't know how I > can format it. > > I've already format this disk (on my FreeBSD box with newfs), after that I > re­format this disk with Windows XP (maybe bad idea ;-) ) and now I cannot > format the disk with anything > > When I try fdisk > > [root@freebsd1 rc.d]# fdisk -BI da0 > ******* Working on device /dev/da0 ******* > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > fdisk: Geom not found > [root@freebsd1 rc.d]# > > If I try to use sysinstall I can make a slice, but when I want to format > the disk I go a error. > > If I try to format directly (without slice) it's working but I cannot mount > the disk. > > Anyone can help me ? I wonder what exactly you mean by 'format'. We don't tend to use that word to mean making slices (fdisk), partitions (disklabel/bsdlabel) or file systems (newfs). Usually format refers to something done at the very low leval of the drive and is normally only done at the manufacturer nowdays. I expect you mean one or more of the others, but cannot say. But, anyway, that is what you need to do - in that order. fdisk, disk/abel/bsdlabel, newfs So, try and explain what you have done using these utilities if you have and if you haven't, then check them out and see if that helps. If you really did a "format" under XP, then I think you can just start over with fdisk, but I haven't tried that on a hard disk much less a firewire device. Good luck, ////jerry > > NB: The disk work..because I reformat it under windows XP. > -- > Albert SHIH > Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT) > U.F.R. de Mathematiques. > Heure local/Local time: > Fri Mar 31 01:28:14 CEST 2006 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >