From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 21 03:26:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D86BF16A4B3 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:26:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.web.de (smtp02.web.de [217.72.192.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 810D243FE1 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 03:26:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thorsten.greiner@web.de) Received: from [80.141.13.44] (helo=tybalt) by smtp.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.99 #448) id 1A11QP-0001oL-00; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:26:42 +0200 Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:26:40 +0200 From: Thorsten Greiner To: Nicolai Petri Message-ID: <20030921102639.GA1357@tybalt> References: <200309211150.41961.nicolai@catpipe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200309211150.41961.nicolai@catpipe.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: thorsten.greiner@web.de cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to newfs/fsck partition on -current because of write failed. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 10:26:46 -0000 * Nicolai Petri [2003-09-21 12:23]: > But now even newfs gives me "Write failed". This seems a bit odd > because i can easily do a "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0s2d" and > clear out the label. Any hints ? I'm thinking geom and/or > blocksize problems. But that's just a guess. There was a small window in which the -CURRENT kernel was broken. This happened just around September 14th, so I suggest you either upgrade your kernel or use a kernel built before September 14th. Regards -Thorsten -- Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away.