On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:00:02PM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:
>
> ``scsictl sd0 start'' makes a little bit of progress, and claims
> to be "fabricating a geometry". ``gpt show -a sd0'' shows two
> partitions (one for NetBSD backups, and one for Windoze backups)
>
> # gpt show sd0
> start size index contents
> 0 1 PMBR
> 1 1 Pri GPT header
> 2 32 Pri GPT table
> 34 2014 Unused
> 2048 4294967296 1 GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
> 4294969344 3518951424 2 GPT part - Windows basic data
> 7813920768 49119 Unused
> 7813969887 32 Sec GPT table
> 7813969919 1 Sec GPT header
That looks fine.
> But it does not seem to progress to the discover-wedges process,
> and no wedges seem to exist:
>
> # dkctl sd0 listwedges
> /dev/rsd0: no wedges configured
The wedge autodetection happens when the device attaches (and failed
since the disk was offline). This is different from disklabels that
are fetched by the first opener (and are usually dropped with
the last close, except traditionally for vnd).
You can manually trigger autodetection with
dkctl sd0 makewedges
Greetings,
--
Michael van Elst
Internet: mlel...@serpens.de
"A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
