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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:13:25 -0600
From: Tom Jackson <tom@my.domain>
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Subject: Re: cannot add new disk
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In-Reply-To: <199711212136.NAA05008@graft.XCF.Berkeley.EDU>; from Jason Alan Nordwick on Fri, Nov 21, 1997 at 01:36:34PM -0800
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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