From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 14:23:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07637 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:23:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Central.KeyWest.MPGN.COM (Central.TanSoft.COM [208.194.145.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA07478 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:22:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rwm@MPGN.COM) Received: (from rwm@localhost) by Central.KeyWest.MPGN.COM (8.6.9/8.6.9) id RAA01145 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 18 May 1998 17:21:28 -0400 From: Rob Miracle Message-Id: <199805182121.RAA01145@Central.KeyWest.MPGN.COM> Subject: Seagate Hawk 4XL drive To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 17:21:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm trying to install this as a second drive in a FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE box. When following the instructions for using /stand/sysinstall it complains about the geometry being wrong. I go to Config->Partition. I tell it to use the whole disk (dedicated unix box), then I Write the info, then Quit. Set bootmgr to none, then run Label. I create sd1s1e with all avaialble space mounted on /usr/projects and do a Write. It says something about an invalid argument then dumps me back to the Sysinstall, then I exit sysinstall. Then I try to: mount -t ufs /dev/sd1s1e /usr/projects and it says /dev/sd1s1e on /usr/projects: Incorrect super block. I never saw it actually make the file system. If I try the manual instructions from the handbook for a dedicated drive: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd1 count=2 This appears to work fine. disklabel /dev/rsd1 | disklabel -BrR sd1 /dev/stdin This spews: sd1: invalid primary partition table: no magic twice. I reformated the drive with both the CTRL-A option of the Adaptec 2940/W and with the unix util scsiformat. Then: newfs /dev/rsd1e spews: newfs: /dev/rsd1e: Invalid argument Ideas? I need to get this drive up and running asap. Please respond via email to this account also. Thanks Rob -- Rob Miracle rwm@mpgn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message