> > > > Next, why did you try and mount /dev/ad0s1a and then newfs /dev/ad0s1a > > > > That should not work at all. You don't newfs a mounted partition. > > > > > > Gee, I didn't know that. It wasn't clear when I read the handbook > > > or man pages. May give me something new to try-- > > > > That is probably your main problem. > > > Doing the newfs on the unmounted partition worked the way I > expected it to. > Once more, thanks to all.
Good that it now works. It is often some minor seeming thing that looms large when it is not right. ////jerry > -LenZ- > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
