Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:43:17 -0400 From: Brian Campbell <brianc@pobox.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ccd / newfs error Message-ID: <19970914004317.33168@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970913104816.27601B-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu>; from Chris Timmons on Sat, Sep 13, 1997 at 10:57:01AM -0700 References: <19970912232911.50519@pobox.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970913104816.27601B-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
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> On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Brian Campbell wrote: > > Has anyone else had problems newfs'ing ccd filesystems? It works > > for some interleaves but not others. The newfs error message is > > less than informative. On Sat, Sep 13, 1997 Chris Timmons wrote: > Over the months there has been some correspondence about newfs and its > behavior when presented with the block special rather than the raw > special. You'll need to search the archives in -current and -hackers for > newfs. IIRC Justin Gibbs and Nate Williams may have been involved in the > discussion. > > Normally I just newfs the raw special file - e.g 'newfs /dev/rccd0c' and > have had no trouble. Can you try that and see if your problems go away? I retried it explicitly specifying /dev/rccd0a, same error.
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