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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!darwin.sura.net!news.dfn.de!uni-muenster.de!cygnus!niehues From: niehues@cygnus.uni-muenster.de (Michael Niehues) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Disklabel and newfs Date: 30 Jun 1993 06:39:33 GMT Organization: University of Muenster Lines: 33 Sender: niehues@cygnus (Michael Niehues) Distribution: world Message-ID: <20rcf5$s47@obelix.uni-muenster.de> References: <20phgvINNna4@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: cygnus.uni-muenster.de In article <20phgvINNna4@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>, cobb@gse1.engin.umich.edu (Paul Cobb) writes: |> |> Hi, I'm trying to build a 386bsd system on 3 partitions on a quantum lp120a disk drive. This is the way the disk is labelled. |> |> blocks/sector: 512 |> sectors/track: 32 |> tracks/cylinder: 9 |> sectors/cylinder: 288 |> cylinders: 813 |> |> 5 partitions: |> size offset type bsize fsize cpg |> a: 13824 0 4.2BSD 512 4096 16 |> b: 40320 13824 swap |> c: 233856 0 unused |> d: 165888 54432 4.2BSD 512 4096 16 |> e: 13824 220320 4.2BSD 512 4096 16 |> Under 386bsd partition d is used for the entire drive including any non-bsd partitions. So you better don't use it for a bsd partition. |> When I newfs the a,d and e partitions and mount them I get a problem. If |> I newfs the a partition first and then the d partition, then when I mount them |> they both behave as the d partition and if I newfs the d first and mount them they behave as the a partition. I can newfs the h partition and mount it separately with no problem. What am I doing wrong. Help me before I go insane. |> |> Thanks, |> Paul Cobb |> Space Physics Research Lab |> Univ. of Mich. |> cobb@sprlj.sprl.umich.edu Michael