You can probably use sdd (ftp://ftp.mono.org/pub/sdd/)
	to format/checkout the disk

                David/abs               abs@anim.dreamworks.com

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On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i'm trying to install NetBSD 1.2.1 on a SparcStation 5, and it always fails
> when newfs'ing the disk:
> 
> # newfs /dev/rsd1a
> write error: 61559
> wtfs: Undefined error: 0
> 
> interrestingly enough, the sd1a is 61559+1 sectors big. Disklabel seems to be
> ok (tried partitioning with both NetBSD's disklabel and Solaris' format
> command):
> 
> 
> # disklabel sd1
> # /dev/rsd1c
> type: SCSI
> disk: SCSI disk
> label: -DRFSS2F-4B4B cy
> flags:
> bytes/sector: 512
> sectors/track: 135
> tracks/cylinder: 8
> sectors/cylinder: 1080
> cylinders: 4076
> total sectors: 4402080
> rpm: 7200
> interleave: 1
> trackskew: 0
> cylinderskew: 0
> headswitch: 0            # milliseconds
> track-to-track seek: 0   # milliseconds
> drivedata: 0
> 
> 8 partitions:
> #        size   offset    fstype    [fsize bsize      cpg]
>   a:    61560        0    4.2BSD      1024  8192       16  # (Cyl.   0 - 274)
>   b:   205200   277200      swap                           # (Cyl. 275 - 437)
>   c:  4402080        0   unknown                           # (Cyl.   0 - 2035)
>   g:  4135320   441504    4.2BSD      1024  8192       16  # (Cyl. 438 - 2035)
> 
> 
> 
> The disk's recognized correctly:
> 
> # dmesg | grep sd1
> sd1 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <, DFRSS2F, 4B4B> SCSI2 -/direct fixed
> sd1: 2150MB, 4390 cyl, 8 head, 125 sec, 512 bytes/sec
> 
> 
> What can i do? Is there some way to low-level format the drive under NetBSD?
> 
> 
> Help!
> 
> 	Hubert
> 
> -- 
> Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
>