Subject: Re: newfs failure - only for read
To: Boo Geum Jung <bgjung@etri.re.kr>
From: Allen Briggs <briggs@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-sandpoint
Date: 03/22/2002 00:03:38
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 03:21:05PM +0900, Boo Geum Jung wrote:
> # newfs /dev/sd0
> newfs: /dev/sd0c: open for read: Operation not supported by device
Ah. If you just specify /dev/sd0, it will assume /dev/sd0c. Since this
is the "whole disk" partition, you are prevented from opening it. You
may have already found that
newfs /dev/rsd0a
will probably work better for you.
-allen
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