Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 17:03:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Steve Howe <groggy@iname.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAKEDEV on fd0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811091701530.3471-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981104224535.2452A-100000@abc.xyz.net>
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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Steve Howe wrote: > 2.2.7 > fd0 mounted in /dev/mnt > cd = /mnt/dev > > when creating a boot floppy, the following 2 commands > generate the following errors: > > /dev/MAKEDEV std Don't do this. It doesn't create the slice entries for the hard disks correctly. > Nov 4 10:10:10 user /kernel: /mnt: optimization changed from SPACE to TIME Your filesystem is consistenly 99% full so the fs optimization changed to save space but slow FS activities. > MAKEDEV: Can't open MAKEDEV > MAKEDEV: Can't open MAKEDEV > MAKEDEV: Can't open MAKEDEV > MAKEDEV: Can't open MAKEDEV > MAKEDEV: Can't open MAKEDEV > > the floppy works OK, but i don't understand > why the optimization changes on me (the floppy > is created with the newfs -o space option) > or why MAKEDEV generates 5 errors when creating > wd0. Looks like something happened to the disk. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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