Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:07:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: justin@pcmedicsite.com Subject: Re: newfs fails on 300GB HDD Message-ID: <200604111507.k3BF7lGl019703@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <441ww4gpht.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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"Justin P. Michel" <justin@pcmedicsite.com> writes:
> I'm having a slight problem with a 300GB IDE (Maxtor) HDD. Basically, I've
> run the drive on the system through a complete low-level format and test
> with the PowerMAX tools, which passed fine. The BIOS recognizes and
> auto-detects the drive okay as well.
>
> However, in trying to install FreeBSD 6.0, it goes through the partition
> section okay, and then the slice section okay (trying to use a full slice on
> the drive as /dumpdata), the mount fails, and on the alternate screen it
> shows newfs failing.
>
> Is there a special way to get this drive to work? Does someone have
> experience with a similar setup that may shed some light my way? I feel
> like a beginner all over again. : P
Presuming it is a brand new disk and is addressed as the second one (eg ad1),
>From root (su-ed to root) try this:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=512 count=64
fdisk -BI ad1
bsdlabel -w -B ad1s1
bsdlabel -e ad1s1
If you do not want it bootable, then skip the -B switches.
When you do the bsdlabel -e it will put you in an editor session
with the base settings in the file. Modify it slightly as follows.
Make the top line look something like:
a: * * 4.2BSD 2048 16384 94 # (Cyl. 0 - 32*)
The '94' may be different. If it suggests something else, then take that.
Then write/quit from the editor and it will write the label.
Then do the newfs:
newfs -U /dev/rad1s1a
If newfs gets an error, write it down specifically.
If no error, try mounting:
mount /dev/ad1s1a /dumpdata
Presumably you have made the directory /dumpdata? That may seem
to simple to mention, but I have made that mistake more than once
and went nuts wondering why things (in a script) didn't work.
Good luck,
////jerry
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