At 03:12 PM 1.21.2003 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote: >I ran into a snag using my HD backup script that works like a charm on >FBSD-4.5-4.7, but won't when I just tried it on 4.4. The script uses Fdisk, >Disklabel and Newfs. Seems to fdisk & disklabel okay, but when I try to >then run the newfs on a partition, like /dev/ad2s1a, it says, "no such file >or directory". Disklabel says the partition /dev/ad2s1a does indeed exist >as setup. But, newfs cannot see it. > >Here's the switches that work for me normally on HD setup: > >/sbin/fdisk -BI ad2 >/sbin/disklabel -w -r -B ad2s1 auto >/sbin/disklabel -R -B ad2s1 mydisk.label >/sbin/newfs -U /dev/ad2s1a > >Are there some incompatibility changes or different switches for 4.4 that I >missed...??? >
I'll answer my own question. Be sure that all devices are made before attempting this....!! Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
