rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) (04/29/91)
What induces newfs to announce ".....preposterous size -1" in response to newfs -v /dev/dsk/c6d0s3 MN330 ? /dev/dsk/c6d0s3 was created using mknod per the instructions provided by Vicky Brown of Apple and posted here some months (?) ago. The command was accepted without error, the disk partition having been created with Silverlining as Random A/UX. /dev/rdsk/c6d0s3 was also created at the same time. The disk is a Wren Runner, which I've been told is equivalent to (same as) a Micronet 330. The partition in question is the 244-odd M left over after installation of the aux root filesystem. Any help is appreciated bob prohaska
ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik, 120dB or more) (04/30/91)
In article <281BB859.16991@orion.oac.uci.edu> rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) writes: >What induces newfs to announce ".....preposterous size -1" in response to >newfs -v /dev/dsk/c6d0s3 MN330 ? >/dev/dsk/c6d0s3 was created using mknod per the instructions >provided by Vicky Brown of Apple and posted here some months (?) >ago. The command was accepted without error, the disk partition >having been created with Silverlining as Random A/UX. /dev/rdsk/c6d0s3 >was also created at the same time. The disk is a Wren Runner, >which I've been told is equivalent to (same as) a Micronet 330. The >partition in question is the 244-odd M left over after installation >of the aux root filesystem. Hello, newfs does not have such message, it's mkfs which has this error message, and it's usually triggered when the last block can't be accessed. Check the file system size, if you give false numbers to mkfs it can't read the last blocks. Don't know if this helps though. Kent Sandvik -- Kent Sandvik, DTS Rock Lobster Disclaimer: I am not working with Public Relations.
antonio@Apple.COM (Antonio Ordonez) (04/30/91)
In article <13244@goofy.Apple.COM> ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik, 120dB or more) writes: >In article <281BB859.16991@orion.oac.uci.edu> rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska) writes: >>What induces newfs to announce ".....preposterous size -1" in response to >>newfs -v /dev/dsk/c6d0s3 MN330 ? >>/dev/dsk/c6d0s3 was created using mknod per the instructions >>provided by Vicky Brown of Apple and posted here some months (?) >>ago. The command was accepted without error, the disk partition >>having been created with Silverlining as Random A/UX. /dev/rdsk/c6d0s3 >>was also created at the same time. The disk is a Wren Runner, >>which I've been told is equivalent to (same as) a Micronet 330. The >>partition in question is the 244-odd M left over after installation >>of the aux root filesystem. You might want to check the partition map using dp. Sometimes SilverLining doesn't create a BZB (block-zero-block). Use dp and print the information for the slice in question #dp /dev/dsk/c6d0s31 "/dev/dsk/c0d0s31" 9 partitions, 9 allocated [678574] Command? p7 DPM Index: 7 Name: "A/UX Random", Type: "Apple_UNIX_SVR2" Physical: 109134 @ 128, Logical: 109134 @ 0 Status: valid alloc in_use not boot read write Slice 3 (clustered) Regular UNIX File System (1) Cluster: 0 Type: FS Inode: 1 Made: [0] Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 Mount: [0] Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 Umount: [0] Wed Dec 31 16:00:00 1969 No AltBlk map Command? If it doesnt look like that then you can use the change command in dp and add a BZB Command? c7 DPME Field? b Cluster # [0]: 0 FS type (1=UNIX,2=EFS,3=SFS) [?]: 1 Root file system? n Usr file system? n DPME Field? For more information on dp please read the man page. Also you can type a "?" once in dp and it will give you a list of the possible options. Hope this helps Antonio -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> /* I'll think of a better one later */ Antonio Ordonez amdahl \ Technical Communications/Direct Response Center pyramid!sun - apple!antonio Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 996-1010 decwrl / ----------------------------------------------------------------------------