Hi *, I'm trying to build a new FS on an IDE disk. All newfs commands end with:
# newfs /dev/rwd1a .. .. newfs: cg 0: bad magic number newfs: fsinit1 failed Here is the disk info: # disklabel wd1 # /dev/rwd1c: type: ESDI disk: ESDI/IDE disk label: Maxtor 6B250R0 flags: bytes/sector: 512 sectors/track: 63 tracks/cylinder: 255 sectors/cylinder: 16065 cylinders: 30515 total sectors: 490234752 rpm: 3600 interleave: 1 trackskew: 0 cylinderskew: 0 headswitch: 0 # microseconds track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds drivedata: 0 16 partitions: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 48195 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16 c: 490234752 0 unused 0 0 (I tried several fs size (stard or end of the disk, same error) Any idea? Xavier -- Weird enough for government work.