>> Hi, all -- I'm trying to set up a hard drive for a sun3/60 and whenever I
>> try to newfs or disklabel or whatever a partition other than c
>> (/dev/rsd0c) it kicks out an error "Device not configured".  I'm
>> thoroughly lost.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please write
>> directly to cabaye@asu.edu.  Thanks a ton...
>
>Just a wild stab in the dark since I need to get a SCSI cable (still) before
>I can get that far, but it _sounds_ as though the disk has no partition
>table, so only partition 'c' - the whole disk - can be accessed.
>By creating a partition table, you'll be able to set up how you want the disk
>divided, so it can be accessed properly later....
>
>As for how to do it - umm... isn't it the 'format' command under SunOS?  It's
>been a while since I had to do it, and my mind is a little hazy this morning.
>Besides, we're not talking SunOS here - but the command might be the same!
>Just do a 'man -k' for format or related thing.
>

Under SunOS, type format.  Hope your disk is shown.  Type the number.  Then
'partition'.  'print' will list existing partitions....  it is quite
self-documenting.

It is also possible to format it on a Mac (use a patched version of HD SC
Setup or a third-party utility like Spot On) or, probably, under NetBSD.
Under NetBSD the command is disklabel.  Personally, I had to format on the
mac and newfs under SunOS (on a SPARC) - I couldn't make BSD/newfs work.

Good Luck

Jules

>Good luck.
>Steve.
>
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Maybe not, but for very large values of two, the value *tends* to five... ;-)

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