Subject: Re: Adding new disk; partitions not empty
To: None <cpg@scs.howard.edu>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/28/1999 01:55:23
Christopher P. Gill wrote:
> Greetings, all.
>
> I've been following the discussion about adding a disk, and have recently
> added a second NetBSD disk in my Quadra 800 (hitherto 40/500, GENERIC
> kernel). Unfortunately, I think something has gone awry, and I'd like
> some help. Essentially, my brand-new partitions are mountable, but don't
> appear to be empty, appearing progressively more full in order of their
> creation/indexing. A full (i.e., very long) description follows.
[snip]
> I find the behaviour a little odd, but I won't rule out that I might be
> doing something wrong. Do I need some incantation with disklabel or
> newfs? Should I have done this in an entirely different manner? Is this
> a bug? Is there some weirdness with this model drive?
believe fsck, not df. this is a rather old and well-known bug. i
think it's even described in the FAQ. what version of the kernel are you
using? i'd thought that 'df' was working as of 1.4, but perhaps not....
later.
colin