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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help!!
Date: 23 Jun 1996 21:39:30 +0100
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Thanva Khouvongsavanh (thanva@shoreland.com) wrote:
: Hello!

: I am getting an error when I try to mount my SCSI disk.

: The Error is : sd0: invalid primary partition table: no magic

: Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Yep, use fdisk, and if that doesn't work, format the disk and then use
fdisk.  If you are expecting to see data on the drive, you probably
don't have the same scsi controller now as you did last time you saw
your data..... sometimes they do that !

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....