> Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>  wrote:
>  > 7 partitions:
>  > #        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
>  >   a:    49152        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 151*)
>                              ^^^^^^4.2BSD
>  >   b:    98304    49152    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.  151*- 455*)
>  >   c:   406296        0    unused        0     0         # (Cyl.    0 - 1253)
>  > 
>  > # newfs /dev/rsd2a
>  > newfs: /dev/rsd2a: Device not configured
> 
> Don't forget to set the fstype.

Aiiii. That solves the 'Device not configured' quite nicely. Thanks!

Is still get the ioctl complaint:

# newfs /dev/rsd2g
Warning: 36 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated
/dev/rsd2g:     258840 sectors in 799 cylinders of 9 tracks, 36 sectors
        126.4MB in 50 cyl groups (16 c/g, 2.53MB/g, 640 i/g)
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
 32, 5264, 10496, 15728, 20960, 26192, 31424, 36656,
 41888, 47120, 52352, 57584, 62816, 68048, 73280, 78512,
 82976, 88208, 93440, 98672, 103904, 109136, 114368, 119600,
 124832, 130064, 135296, 140528, 145760, 150992, 156224, 161456,
 165920, 171152, 176384, 181616, 186848, 192080, 197312, 202544,
 207776, 213008, 218240, 223472, 228704, 233936, 239168, 244400,
 248864, 254096,
newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): Invalid argument
newfs: /dev/rsd2g: can't rewrite disk label

Why does newfs want to rewrite the label? I don't have the source online 
so I cannot easily check what happens.

Thanks, Wilko
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