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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:30:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Show Stopper?  Failure to Install 19981014
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161026380.3831-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981016124620.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>

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On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote:

> newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): cros-device link
> newfs: /mnt/dev/rda0s4a cant rewrite disk label.
> 
> The disk is partitioned to have a 64MB DOS slice a 1GB FreeBSD
> slice another 1GB freeBSD slice and a slightly over 2GB FreeBSD
> slice.
[..]
> The (excessive) confirmations are an attempt to stem ``Oh, it soes not
> happen here, must be the DPT driver'' comments.  I belive it does not
> happen elsewhere but is serious enough for us to post it here in search for
> help.  We are standing by to do what is needed to make it work.

I can get IDE and SCSI disks to do the same thing; I'll go to work in an
hour and repeat it on a 400MB IDE disk, I bet.

Re-running 'commit' will work OK.

I think newfs has issues.  If you can get it to run outside of the install
environment we can backtrace it.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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