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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Adatptec 1515
Date: 28 Sep 1996 16:48:33 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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Un L'Unique <Un@grolier.Fr> wrote:

> Now I got another one:
> >newfs /dev/rsd0s2 
> newfs: ioctl (GDINFO): Invalid argument
> newfs: /dev/rsd0s2: can't read disk label; disk type must be specified
> But I can make disklabel:
> disklabel: ioctl DIOCWDINFO: Operation not supported by device
> 
> So what ?

Since this is FreeBSD 2.1.5, you can create an initial label for
dedicating the _entire_ disk to FreeBSD by:

	disklabel -Brw sd0

and then edit the partitions with

	disklabel -e sd0

Sorry, slices (sd0s2) are not supported by this method.  Either create
the label manually, or use /stand/sysinstall.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)