Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:22:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: [SOLVED] Re: seeking help on "adding a disk" Message-ID: <20060416152213.20053.qmail@web60014.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200604111357.k3BDvods019473@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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--- Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > --- Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > # newfs -U /dev/ad2s1e > > > > > > Newfs used to require the raw device name, as in > > > > > > newfs -U /dev/rad2s1e > > > > > > but I see the man page doesn't show that in its example now, so > > > maybe it no long does. Try it once and see. > > > > > > > The newfs should then work after the bsdlabel is fixed up. > > > > > > > > Nope. Same error. Retries of newfs causes crashes at random > > > sectors. > > > > I am guessing that the 40-wire cable is causing poor signaling. > I > > > also > > > > tried changing the offset of 'e' to 0 and modifying the 'size' > so > > > that > > > > it matches 'c'. > > > > > > Could be. If using rad2s1e doesn't help, then maybe that is your > > > problem. > > > > > > This is all I have: > > > > $ ls -lh /dev/r* > > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 0, 10 Apr 9 15:55 /dev/random > > > > No raw devices. > > Yes. devices don't just show up and stay there any more. They > are managed by devfs. I haven't studied that to see just how > it works yet, so I don't know at which point it should start showing > up in /dev if ever. > > I just figured trying a newfs with the /dev/r... might be something > to try out to see what happened - sort of an experiment and if that > doesn't do it, then maybe the thing to pursue is your concern about > the cables. > > If that doesn't work, I think this has gone beyond any problems I > have > ever had so I don't know what else to suggest. Hopefully someone > else > will have some thing to say. > > ////jerry I changed to a UDMA 133 cable (80-wire) and that solved the problem; the newfs command succeeded! Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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