From owner-freebsd-current Sat Oct 17 18:58:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA18025 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:58:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles113.castles.com [208.214.165.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA18017 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:58:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA08917; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 19:03:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810180203.TAA08917@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: ulf@Alameda.net cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newfs problems, more information: In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:42:38 PDT." <19981017184238.A26929@Alameda.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 19:03:04 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > I have a machine with BETA from 0930 installed: Update. > Doing a newfs on it: > > PacHell root / # newfs /dev/ccd0c > newfs: /dev/ccd0c: not a character-special device Don't put a filesystem on the 'c' partition. > Warning: 3072 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated > /dev/ccd0c: 35632128 sectors in 8700 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors > 17398.5MB in 544 cyl groups (16 c/g, 32.00MB/g, 7936 i/g) > super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at: > 32, 65568, 131104, 196640, 262176, 327712, 393248, 458784, 524320, 589856, > .... > 35389472, 35455008, 35520544, 35586080, > newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): No such process > newfs: /dev/ccd0c: can't rewrite disk label Update. You might get a better error message, but I think you'll find the problem fixed. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message