Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 12:55:04 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance <malte@webmore.com> To: Jim Van Baalen <vansax@mail.websidestory.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't Newfs Disk Message-ID: <13758.65215.76314.466555@neuron.webmore.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.980728154846.18204E-100000@mail.websidestory.com> References: <Pine.BSI.3.96.980728154846.18204E-100000@mail.websidestory.com>
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Jim Van Baalen writes: 2.2.6 does not use the compatibility-slices anymore. > newfs -N /dev/rsd1c Try newfs -N /dev/rsd1s4c Malte. > I have just added a second disk to a machine and I can't newfs a > filesystem on this disk. I have been through this process several > times in the last week on different machines and have not had this > problem. The machine is running 2.2.6-RELEASE. It sees the second > disk at boot time > > Jul 28 13:49:07 host2 /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 4340MB (8888924 512 byte sectors) > > It seems to accept a disklabel. I added > > st34572w|Seagate ST34572W SCSI: \ > :dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#8:ns#176:nc#6300: \ > :pc#8870400:oc#0: > > to /etc/disktab. > > disklabel -r -w sd1 st34572w > > returns no errors, but newfs fails. > > newfs -N /dev/rsd1c > newfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Invalid argument > newfs: /dev/rsd1c: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified > > An fdisk looks the same as on other systems to which I have added the > same model disk. > > fdisk sd1 > ******* Working on device /dev/rsd1 ******* > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > cylinders=6300 heads=8 sectors/track=176 (1408 blks/cyl) > > Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > cylinders=6300 heads=8 sectors/track=176 (1408 blks/cyl) > > fdisk: Invalid fdisk partition table found > Media sector size is 512 > Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 > Information from DOS bootblock is: > The data for partition 1 is: > sysid 108,(unknown) > start 1819044972, size 1819044972 (888205 Meg), flag 6c > beg: cyl 364/ sector 44/ head 108; > end: cyl 364/ sector 44/ head 108 > The data for partition 2 is: > sysid 108,(unknown) > start 1819044972, size 1819044972 (888205 Meg), flag 6c > beg: cyl 364/ sector 44/ head 108; > end: cyl 364/ sector 44/ head 108 > The data for partition 3 is: > sysid 108,(unknown) > start 1819044972, size 1819044972 (888205 Meg), flag 6c > beg: cyl 364/ sector 44/ head 108; > end: cyl 364/ sector 44/ head 108 > The data for partition 4 is: > sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) > start 1, size 8870399 (4331 Meg), flag 80 > beg: cyl 0/ sector 2/ head 0; > end: cyl 155/ sector 48/ head 7 > > Hints?? > > Jim > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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