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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!newsgate.duke.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!funny.bahnhof.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike.volvo.se!cyklop.volvo.se!peter From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Elite 9 Gig from Seagate Date: 30 Sep 1996 15:37:19 GMT Organization: Volvo Corp. Lines: 41 Message-ID: <52opff$e1q@nike.volvo.se> References: <52jhln$68h@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca> <324F260F.1468@lynx.bc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: cyklop.volvo.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] We run 2.0.1 And yes, if you newfs for 'more inodes' fsck will run out of it's given 16mbyte memory limit. It will work if you do a 'limit datasize unlimited' before fsck, but /etc/rc does not :-( Since we have quite a number of inodes available we choosed to newfs with 4kblock as the only non-standard parameter. Peter hakanson/volvodata S. L. Chan (slechan@lynx.bc.ca) wrote: : Which version of BSDI you are using? : I know on 2.0, you can newfs a 9 G drive, but when you do a fsck, it : fail. However, it works find on 2.0.1 or higher. Also, I found I cannot : newfs a 9 G drive to give more inodes (other than the default inode : size). : S.L Chan : The Doctor wrote: : > : > I recently purchased a Seagate Elite 9 Gig from ASA, used disksetup to lay out : > a 1 G / partition, a 2 G swap and a 6 G /usr partition. : > : > I was able to newfs the drive correctly, but I transfer data to the : > 6 G /usr partition, I was getting sn number : bad media error. : > : > What am I doing wrong? : > -- : > God, Queen and Country Member - Liberal International : > NEVER Satan, President and Republic Member - Edmonton Heritage Nazarene : > Hating Bachelor's Living Member - Any Edmonton PC User Group : > Republicanism is Satanism: Satan wants to usurp God from his throne just like : > republicans are out to dismiss monarchies. : > http://doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca/~doctor Save the World and Civilization; REPUBLICS DISSOLVE! USA, call a referendum to dissolve the Union and vote YES!!! -- -- Peter Hakanson VolvoData Dep 2580 phone +46 31 66 74 27