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From: mfoley@csi.compuserve.com (M Foley)
Subject: YET ANOTHER disklabel AND IDE 2nd DRIVE PROBLEM - HELP!!
Message-ID: <CE8Hy0.6tv@csi.compuserve.com>
Organization: CompuServe Incorporated
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1993 19:53:57 GMT
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I just moved a 200M Conner 3204 from MSDOS to 386bsd 0.1-0.1.4, but I can't
disklabel it. I use the (newly created) cp3204 entry in my /etc/disktab
file as shown:
============================ /etc/disktab =======================
cp3100|Connor Peripherals 100MB IDE:\
:dt=ST506:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#8:ns#33:nc#766:sf: \
:pa#12144:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512: \
:pb#12144:ob#12144:tb=swap: \
:pc#202224:oc#0: \
:ph#177936:oh#24288:th=4.2BSD:bh#4096:fh#512:
st157a-data|Seagate 157A 43MB IDE:\
:dt=IDE:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#6:ns#26:nc#560: \
:pa#87360:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512:
cp3204|Conner Peripherals CP3204F 200MB IDE:\
:dt=IDE:ty=winchester:se#512:nt#16:ns#38:nc#683: \
:pa#415264:oa#0:ta=4.2BSD:ba#4096:fa#512:
=================================================================
I use the following command:
disklabel -r -w wd1 cp3204
disklabel: /dev/rwd1d: Invalid argument
However, if I use a Seagate 157A drive and the st157a-data disktype, the
command works fine and the disk gets labelled!!!
I don't know why the other example of a Conner drive (3100), preexisting in
my disktab, specifies ST506 as drive type. Could this be a clue? I did try
changing my entry to this - didn't work.
My wd0 drive is a Seagate 15530A (?) 452MB IDE. Are these drives incompatible?
I *can* access the Conner under MSDOS, partition, format etc.
The drive is properply recognized at boot-time. It is identified as a Conner
Peripherals CP3204F on wd1.
The Segate 157a drive already has a disklabel, placed there prior to the 0.1.4
patchkit. The Conner was moved right from DOS. I've tried deleting all
partitions using DOS fdisk and creating and formatting a single DOS partition.
None of this seems to help. I have read in Dave Burgess' net2.FAQ in paragraph 7
of section 2.5.4 the following:
2.5.4 How do I disklabel my second hard drive?
:
:
This is also a symptom of some of the versions of FreeBSD and
NetBSD where the disklabel code was 'fixed' to only write a
disklabel on a drive with a disklabel. Oops.
Could this be the problem with pk 0.1.4 also? Should I attempt a disklabel
with tiny BSD? (This would mean swapping drive devices since tiny BSD
doesn't work with 2nd drives - I don't want to do this: removing drives,
changing jumpers, etc.)
Any help would be greatly appreciated. If you answer is "upgrade to FreeBSD",
I am trying to do that. I need to install this disk so I can download the
distribution.
MORE INFO:
fdisk gives me the following:
fdisk /dev/rwd1d
fdisk: Can't open device /dev/rwd1d
But on wd0 I get:
fdisk /dev/rwd0a
******* Working on device /dev/rwd0a *******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=1018 heads=14 sectors/track=62 (868 blks/cyl)
:
etc
:
My devices are:
>ls -l /dev/wd*
brw-r--r-- 1 root 0, 0 Sep 14 1991 /dev/wd0a
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 1 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0b
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 2 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0c
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 3 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0d
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 4 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0e
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 5 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0f
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 6 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0g
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 7 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd0h
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 8 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1a
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 9 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1b
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 10 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1c
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 11 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1d
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 12 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1e
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 13 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1f
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 14 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1g
brw-r----- 1 root 0, 15 Apr 3 01:34 /dev/wd1h
HELP!!!