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Date:      Tue, 22 Apr 1997 07:32:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        scott@statsci.com
Cc:        Kristian Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Corrupted disk slice 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970422073050.23995B-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <m0wJWHA-0006uMC@apple.statsci.com>

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On Mon, 21 Apr 1997, Scott Blachowicz wrote:

> > > Can't open /dev/rwd1s4e: Invalid argument
> > > 
> > > And dumped me into single-user mode. Trying to mount the partition manually
> > > gives:
> > > 
> > > [morden] 0:33 ~ mount -t ufs /dev/wd1s4e /usr2
> > > 
> > > /dev/wd1s4e on /usr2: Incorrect super block.
> > 
> > It's trying to mount a DOS logical disk in an extended partition.  Make
> > sure that /etc/fstab records this filesystem as a 'msdos' type FS.
> 
> I thought the logical slices started with s5 (regardless of how many
> non-logical slices are currentlly being used).

Argh, I always forget, the slices are goofed up.  They don't start at 0,
they start at 1.  :-(

> Doing 'fdisk wd1' should show something similar to what 'fdisk wd0'
> shows on my system: 
> 
> 	one:~% fdisk wd0
> 	******* Working on device /dev/rwd0 *******

If Kristian could send us the output of this (and disklabel) then we could
work from there.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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