> 
> vax# newfs sd0c
> write error: 311295
> wtfs: Undefined error: 0
> 
> #        size   offset     fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
>   c:   311296        0     4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.  0-1023)   
> 
> Why does it allow me to newfs that partition some times, but not
> others?
> 
Good question. Can you access any blocks on the disk, with dd for example?

-- Ragge