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