Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:13:25 -0600 From: Tom Jackson <tom@my.domain> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cannot add new disk Message-ID: <19971123011325.56018@my.domain> In-Reply-To: <199711212136.NAA05008@graft.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>; from Jason Alan Nordwick on Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 01:36:34PM -0800 References: <199711212136.NAA05008@graft.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 01:36:34PM -0800, Jason Alan Nordwick wrote:
>
> running -2.2 I have been trying to add a new drive to my system.
> I read the FAQ question and think that I have done everything correctly,
> but I get these magic number errors and newfs says that the device
> is not configures, here is what I do:
[snip]
>
> track-to-track seek: 0 # milliseconds
> drivedata: 0
>
> 5 partitions:
> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg]
> c: 6303024 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 6252)
> e: 6303024 0 4.2BSD 0 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 6252)
> (foonix:501:~)newfs /dev/wd1s1e
> newfs: /dev/wd1s1e: Device not configured
> (foonix:502:~)ls /dev/wd1*
> /dev/wd1 /dev/wd1e /dev/wd1s1a /dev/wd1s1f /dev/wd1s4
> /dev/wd1a /dev/wd1f /dev/wd1s1b /dev/wd1s1g
> /dev/wd1b /dev/wd1g /dev/wd1s1c /dev/wd1s1h
> /dev/wd1c /dev/wd1h /dev/wd1s1d /dev/wd1s2
> /dev/wd1d /dev/wd1s1 /dev/wd1s1e /dev/wd1s3
> (foonix:503:~)
> (foonix:503:~)
>
>
try newfs /dev/rwd1s1e
^
man page is not too explicit about using the character special file :(
Tom
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