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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:31:08 -0700
From: Ubernerd <root@ennui.ops.best.com>
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Subject: need help with disklabel
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Whenever i try to use  disklabel -e wd1  on my new hard drive, i get:

    wd1: cannot find label (no disk label)

So i add a section in /etc/disktab for my hard drive, like so:

    st51080a|Seagate ST51080A 1.08GB: \
	:dt=ESDI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#64:ns#63:nc#525:sf: \
	:pa#2116800:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512:\
	:pc#2116800:oc#0: \

And then i try  disklabel -w -r wd1 st51080a  and get:

    st51080a: unknown disk type

I tried rebooting and that didn't help.  What's going on?

thanks
rone