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Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 11:06:45 +0200
To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
From: Michael Beckmann <beckmann@nacamar.de>
Subject: Re: MO drive
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At 11:03 11.07.97 +0930, you wrote:
># disklabel -rwB od0 auto
># newfs /dev/rod0c

test: {46} disklabel -rwB od0 auto
test: {47} newfs /dev/rod0c
newfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Invalid argument
newfs: /dev/rod0c: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified

:-(

BTW, it's a 2.2-970703-RELENG.

Cheers,

Michael