Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 23:30:28 +0000 From: "Mark S. Reichman" <reichman@twcny.rr.com> To: Bruce Burden <brucegb@realtime.net> Cc: Freebsd Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: formatting/partitioning a new disk drive Message-ID: <39457294.F0F79C1@twcny.rr.com> References: <200005300044.TAA31295@sullivan.realtime.net>
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Did you issue the 'w' command for 'write changes' while in the partition editor? I also agree that this should be one big partition. No need, that I can see, to do all of this partitioning. Bruce Burden wrote: > > Okay, everybody agrees that /stand/sysinstall is the way to partition > and label a new disk driver. Okay, fine. Do all of that. The partition > works fine. The labeling part, however, is another story: > > Error mounting /dev/da1s1b on /home2 : Invalid argument > Error mounting /dev/da1s1d on /home3 : Invalid argument > Error mounting /dev/da1s1a on /new/ports : Invalid argument > Error mounting /dev/da1s1e on /new/root : Invalid argument > Error mounting /dev/da1s1h on /new/src : Invalid argument > Error mounting /dev/da1s1g on /new/usr : Invalid argument > Error mounting /dev/da1s1f on /new/var : Invalid argument > > Disk: da1 Partition name: da1s1 Free: 0 blocks (0MB) > > Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs > ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- > da1s1e /new/root 100MB UFS Y > da1s1f /new/var 100MB UFS Y > da1s1g /new/usr 1000MB UFS Y > da1s1h /new/src 1000MB UFS Y > da1s1a /new/ports 1000MB UFS Y > da1s1b /home2 7000MB UFS Y > da1s1d /home3 7318MB UFS Y > > Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a > da1 at ahc1 bus 0 target 1 lun 0 > da1: <IBM DRVS18V 0140> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device > da1: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled > da1: 17519MB (35879135 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 17519C) > cd1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 4 lun 0 > cd1: <PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W124TS 1.02> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-2 device > cd1: 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 8) > cd1: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray closed > da0 at ahc1 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: <SEAGATE ST39173LW 6246> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device > da0: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 15, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled > da0: 8683MB (17783240 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 8683C) > > Okay, what the hell is going on here? I have been fighting > with this damn thing all day, and I am just a bit annoyed. > > The problem appears to be: > > bash-2.04# mount /dev/da1s1a /new/root > mount: /dev/da1s1a on /new/root: incorrect super block > > because apparently, /stand/sysinstall did NOT bother to create the slices? > > Bruce > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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