Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 23:06:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: disklabel error Message-ID: <20020911230336.E38605-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
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myprompt$ disklabel -W /dev/ad1 disklabel: ioctl DIOCWLABEL: Operation not supported by device HELP! I am preparing to newfs_msdos one maybe two partitions on an 8.4gb HD. Is the above error a kernel error? Must I recompile the kernel? The command above is in preparation to do the following: myprompt$ disklabel /dev/ad1 > /tmp/disklabel.out myprompt$ [edit] /tmp/disklabel.out (At this point some guesswork and tweaks...) myprompt$ disklabel -R -r /dev/ad1 /tmp/disklabel.out myprompt$ disklabel -N /dev/ad1 myprompt$ newfs_msdos /dev/ad1 -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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