Did you tried with 'c' instead of 'a' ? :
# mount_ffs /dev/wd1c /mnt/backup/

I had the same problem with a windows formatted disk, it worked with
wd1c but not with wd1a or anything else.

On 5/11/06, Nick Guenther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/11/06, Pedro Martelletto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:01:00PM +0100, Nick Guenther wrote:
> > The disklabel shows that the parition type is 'unused'. It must be set
> > to '4.4BSD'. You can do this from in disklabel, of course. BUT, I
> > think this indicates some bigger problem: what killed your disklabel?
> > Are you sure this is really the disk you think it is?
>
> There was probably never a disklabel... looks like he forgot to
> initialize the disk.
>
> -p.

Odd. How could he use it for backup before then? Or did he just never
use it before?

-Nick

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