Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-18 Thread Oliver Fromme
Scot Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In FreeBSD, the disk is broken down into slices and partitions. A > slice is equivalent to a DOS partition, but can be broken down into 8 > partitions (a-h). > The "c" partition is reserved because it is used to define the entire disk. It's not reserve

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-18 Thread Godwin Stewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:22:12 -0600, Scot Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote with a forced Reply-to: directing mail away from the list: > The problem is that he only has the "c" partition, which is reserved to > specifying the entire disk. s/disk/slice

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-17 Thread Scot Hetzel
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 23:31:25 +0100, Godwin Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:58:37 +0100, Charles Erik McDonald > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > bastion(root):#mount -t ufs /dev/ad3s1 /mnt/wd2500pb/ > > mount: /dev/ad

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-17 Thread Scot Hetzel
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:54:01 -0600, Scot Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:58:37 +0100, Charles Erik McDonald > > So, for example: > > > > bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2 > > disklabel: /dev/ad2: no valid label found > > bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2s1

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-17 Thread Charles Erik McDonald
bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2 disklabel: /dev/ad2: no valid label found bastion(root):/usr/src#disklabel /dev/ad2s1 # /dev/ad2s1: 8 partitions: #size offsetfstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] c: 3125766420unused0 0 # "raw" part, don't edit basti

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-17 Thread Scot Hetzel
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:58:37 +0100, Charles Erik McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Do you have any error messages related to ad2 or ad3 in > /var/log/messages? > no. > > > >>I have two large disks: > > >> > > >>/dev/ad2 144G124G9.2G93%/mnt/sp1604n > > >>/dev/ad3

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-16 Thread Godwin Stewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:58:37 +0100, Charles Erik McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bastion(root):#mount -t ufs /dev/ad3s1 /mnt/wd2500pb/ > mount: /dev/ad3s1 on /mnt/wd2500pb: incorrect super block > bastion(root):#mount -t ufs /dev/ad3s1c /mnt/wd

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-16 Thread Charles Erik McDonald
> >> Do you have any error messages related to ad2 or ad3 in /var/log/messages? no. > >>I have two large disks: > >> > >>/dev/ad2 144G124G9.2G93%/mnt/sp1604n > >>/dev/ad3 226G202G5.2G98%/mnt/wd2500pb > > >Did you use disklabel on these disks (/dev/ad2s1

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-16 Thread Godwin Stewart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:45:40 -0600, Scot Hetzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have two large disks: > > > > /dev/ad2 144G124G9.2G93%/mnt/sp1604n > > /dev/ad3 226G202G5.2G98%/mnt/wd2500pb > > Did you use

Re: Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-16 Thread Scot Hetzel
On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 14:02:12 +0100, Charles Erik McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a problem that arises once in a while with my IDE drives under > FreeBSD 5.3 > > uname: > FreeBSD bastion 5.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #23: Mon Feb 7 > 13:28:32 UTC 2005 > > I have

Strange disk problems make the system lock up

2005-02-16 Thread Charles Erik McDonald
Hi, I have a problem that arises once in a while with my IDE drives under FreeBSD 5.3 uname: FreeBSD bastion 5.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #23: Mon Feb 7 13:28:32 UTC 2005 I have two large disks: /dev/ad2 144G124G9.2G93%/mnt/sp1604n /dev/ad3 226G202G