On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Hubert Feyrer wrote:

> > Subject: Re: newfs-error when installing 1.2.1
> > 	You can probably use sdd (ftp://ftp.mono.org/pub/sdd/)
> > 	to format/checkout the disk
> 
> A nice tool, but it didn't really help me. Low-level formatting was fun, but
> didn't buy me more than doing the same with the 'format' command from Solaris.
> 
	Apologies - I didnt realise you had the luxury of a Solaris host
	to format with :)

> I really wonder what's going on here, as i can partition and newfs the disk
> withoug any problem under Solaris (2.5). I've tested the newfs with
> kern.securelevel sysctl(8)'d to -1 and 0, but no chance in either. From looking
> at the newfs source, it seems there's a problem writing to the last sector of
> the partition.
> 
> If it wasn't that it worked under Solaris, i'd say the disk's some sort of
> write protected. :(

	Have you tried different sized partitions - and (obvious though it
	may be) filled in the blocksize etc on the disklabel?
	

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