>>> mojo fms 9-Aug-05 21:42 >>> > > I ran fdisk and disklabel, im not splitting up the disks they are just > as large as their size allows. They were both used running windows > 98 which is why i fdisked to a6 format, then ran newfs /dev/wd1a and > newfs /dev/wd2a .. both times it built the file system and the super > blocks just fine. > > What are some of the reasons why it would give that error message?
Very specifically, because you did something wrong. I, and others, asked for the output of fdisk (if appropriate - you haven't yet said if you're running on a sparc, zaurus, macppc, i386 or whatever), disklabel and dmesg. > dmesg prints out > > wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <Maxtor 91024U3> > wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 9765MB, 19999728 sectors > wd1 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 1: <QUANTUM FIREBALLlct10 20> > wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 19470MB, 39876480 sectors > wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 > wd1(pciide0:0:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 > wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0: <MDT MD400EB-00CPF0> > wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 38166MB, 78165360 sectors If that is all dmesg says, then you have a seriously broken system. If you *know* that the information you quoted is all that is necessary to help with your problem, you do not need help with your problem. > The disks im having an issue with are wd1 and wd2. This is more information than in your original post, where you said: > > > iris# mount /dev/wd1a /mnt > > > mount_ffs: /dev/wd1a on /mnt: Inappropriate file type or format i.e. nothing about wd2 at all. Since there are two disks, you'll need to give the fdisk and disklabel output for both of them. Now, send the full sets of outputs to the list. Guessing games are not fun for anyone. Thanks Tom
