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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:43:17 -0400
From: Brian Campbell <brianc@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: ccd / newfs error
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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.