From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 14 7:46:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns2.interlinks.net (ns2.interlinks.net [207.107.160.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17461524A for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 07:41:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sysop@interlinks.net) Received: from server (ns3.interlinks.net [207.107.160.3]) by ns2.interlinks.net (8.10.0.Beta6/8.10.0.Beta6) with SMTP id dBEFevV06761; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:40:57 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000501bf4649$3fce60f0$03a06bcf@interlinks.net> From: "Bill Sandiford" To: "Peter Schwenk" Cc: References: <001301bf45bd$2a2d98b0$03a06bcf@interlinks.net> <38559F55.B4E071F6@voicenet.com> <006c01bf4645$fb24bd80$03a06bcf@interlinks.net> <3856628A.4954F9EE@math.udel.edu> Subject: Re: help adding new drive - getting newfs error Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:38:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes..../dev/wd2s1e is in existance in the /dev directory...the directory /newdisk is created, however it is a directory on the / partition and not the new drive Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Schwenk To: Bill Sandiford Cc: Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 10:30 AM Subject: Re: help adding new drive - getting newfs error > Do you have /dev/wd2s1e in existence? I don't know what version of FreeBSD you > are using, but I do remember having this kind of difficulty with earlier > versions of 3.x. If you don't have all of the device entries in the /dev > directory for wd2, then this would cause problems. Also, in another > window/virtual console, you could check to see if /newdisk is getting created > by sysinstall, and if not, make it yourself and try again. > > Bill Sandiford wrote: > > > I have tried using the /stand/sysinstall method...partition gets created > > fine but when I choose W to write changes in the Label editors it asks me to > > confirm...i say yes and it comes back saying... > > > > Error mounting /dev/wd2s1e on /newdisk : Invalid Argument > > > > I am really stuck here... > > > > Help > > > > -- > PETER SCHWENK | UNIX System Administrator > Department of Mathematical Sciences | University of Delaware > schwenk@math.udel.edu | (302)831-0437 <-NEW!!! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message