Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 13:37:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jim Van Baalen <vansax@mail.websidestory.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't Newfs Disk Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807311336580.14321-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.96.980730140148.21747F-100000@mail.websidestory.co m>
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On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Jim Van Baalen wrote: > Perhaps I am making progress. I followed the procedures in > > http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/ > > Upon completion of section 2.2 step 9 I receive the response > > "Wrote FDISK partion infomation out successfully." > > Simulteneously > > Jul 30 14:00:58 spare /kernel: sd1(ncr0:2:0): Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault field replaceable unit: 4 sks:80,e3 > Jul 30 14:01:00 spare /kernel: sd1(ncr0:2:0): Deferred Error: HARDWARE FAILURE asc:3,0 Peripheral device write fault field replaceable unit: 4 sks:80,e3 > > was written to /var/log/messages. Thus, I assume that the response from > /stand/sysinstall was inaccurate. Does this imply a hardware problem > (ie. the disk is bad)? Well, your disk seems to have an issue with you writing sector 1. Can you use DOS fdisk on this disk ok? > > > I have just added a second disk to a machine and I can't newfs a > > > filesystem on this disk. I have been through this process several > > > times in the last week on different machines and have not had this > > > problem. The machine is running 2.2.6-RELEASE. It sees the second > > > disk at boot time > > > > > > Jul 28 13:49:07 host2 /kernel: sd1(ahc0:2:0): Direct-Access 4340MB (8888924 512 byte sectors) > > > > > > It seems to accept a disklabel. I added > > > > > > st34572w|Seagate ST34572W SCSI: \ > > > :dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#8:ns#176:nc#6300: \ > > > :pc#8870400:oc#0: > > > > > > to /etc/disktab. > > > > > > disklabel -r -w sd1 st34572w > > > > Um, you just overwote your slice table. You should have said > > > > disklabel -r -w sd1s4 st .... > > > > > returns no errors, but newfs fails. > > > > > > newfs -N /dev/rsd1c > > > newfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Invalid argument > > > newfs: /dev/rsd1c: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified > > > > Try /dev/rsd1s4c instead. > > > > > The data for partition 4 is: > > > sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) > > > start 1, size 8870399 (4331 Meg), flag 80 > > > beg: cyl 0/ sector 2/ head 0; > > > end: cyl 155/ sector 48/ head 7 > > > > This is fudged, but the entire slice table is fubar'd. :( I don't know > > if you'll be able to reboot your system until you fix the fdisk damage you > > caused with disklabel (unless this is a Dangerously Dedicated disk). > > > > See http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/diskformat/. > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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