# newfs /dev/rsd0a /dev/rsd0a: 123.0MB in 251840 sectors of 512 bytes 4 cylinder groups of 30.74MB, 3935 blocks, 7872 inodes each newfs: wtfs: write error on block 16: Input/output error
Same error. I never seen this error before and I've used newfs before. On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 8:10 PM, Edgar Pettijohn <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/30/16 18:15, Monah Baki wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Trying to newfs an old 128MB flashcard on my OpenBSD 5.7, so I can >> install OpenBSd on it to run on a Soekris. >> >> # dmesg | grep sd0 >> sd0 at scsibus5 targ 1 lun 0: <Generic-, Multi-Card, 1.00> SCSI4 >> 0/direct removable serial.0bda0309201209010309 >> sd0: 123MB, 512 bytes/sector, 251904 sectors >> >> # disklabel sd0 >> # /dev/rsd0c: >> type: SCSI >> disk: vnd-a43c9e59 >> label: >> duid: 770fe5cc30020c20 >> flags: >> bytes/sector: 512 >> sectors/track: 63 >> tracks/cylinder: 255 >> sectors/cylinder: 16065 >> cylinders: 15 >> total sectors: 251904 >> boundstart: 0 >> boundend: 0 >> drivedata: 0 > > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=105156642420865&w=2 > The math doesn't add up. > >> 3 partitions: >> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] >> a: 251840 64 4.2BSD 1024 8192 0 >> c: 251904 0 unused >> >> >> # fdisk sd0 >> Disk: sd0 geometry: 15/255/63 [251904 Sectors] >> Offset: 0 Signature: 0xAA55 >> Starting Ending LBA Info: >> #: id C H S - C H S [ start: size ] >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 0: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] >> unused >> 1: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] >> unused >> 2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] >> unused >> *3: A6 0 1 2 - 14 254 63 [ 64: 240911 ] >> OpenBSD >> >> >> # newfs -S 512 /dev/rsd0a >> /dev/rsd0a: 123.0MB in 251840 sectors of 512 bytes >> 4 cylinder groups of 30.74MB, 3935 blocks, 7872 inodes each >> newfs: wtfs: write error on block 16: Input/output error > > Have you tried: > #newfs /dev/rsd0a > > I've done a few flashcards and never had to use anything but the default. > > >> >> I tried 3 other 128MB flashcards, and a 32MB too, same results. >> >> Any help will be highly appreciated, and if you need any additional info >> too. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> Monah

