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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in3.uu.net!207.65.96.4!news.planetc.com!news.isdn.net!news From: Mike Rose <mjrose@hotcc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Format error in bad-sector file Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 23:39:39 -0600 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <330FD81B.757B@hotcc.com> References: <330BA102.4CB5@pinehurst.net> <330CA524.7B03@bsdi.infima.cz> Reply-To: mjrose@hotcc.com NNTP-Posting-Host: hot29.hotcc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6076 > > Beth Morgan wrote: > > > > Has anyone seen this error before? I just installed 2 new Maxtor 3.5 gb > > hard drives on my Cyrix 200+ machine running BSDI 2.1 (Internet Server). > > When I newfs'ed them, I received an error "format error in bad-sector > > file". Tomas Horacek wrote: > I had same problem recently. I also tried to install additional disk > and I got same message. > As I think the problem is in wrong installation procedure. After > succesfull disksetup use following commands : > > # diskdefect -wsa <disk> > Example: > # diskdefect -wsa wd1 > than use : > # newfs /dev/r[w,s]d1a "w for IDE, s for SCSI disk" > All of this is described on this address : > http://www.bsdi.com/support/faq/BSD_OS-2.1/adding-second-disk.etx > I have just purchased the BSDI 2.1 Internet Server and I get the same "format error in bad-sector file" message every time I boot. Did I miss something in the setup or can this be fixed the same way as for adding a disk? Thanks, Mike