Strange... fdisk wd1 reports: # fdisk wd1 Disk: wd1 geometry: 30515/255/63 [490234752 Sectors] Offset: 0 Signature: 0x180 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: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0: 0 ] unused
When I create some partitions, write them to the disk, restart fdisk, I'm back to the same empty config. Is my disk physically dead? :( Xavier -- There's no place like ~ On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Xavier Mertens wrote: > Hi *, > > I'm trying to build a new FS on an IDE disk. > All newfs commands end with: > > # newfs /dev/rwd1a > .. > .. > newfs: cg 0: bad magic number > newfs: fsinit1 failed > > Here is the disk info: > > # disklabel wd1 > # /dev/rwd1c: > type: ESDI > disk: ESDI/IDE disk > label: Maxtor 6B250R0 > flags: > bytes/sector: 512 > sectors/track: 63 > tracks/cylinder: 255 > sectors/cylinder: 16065 > cylinders: 30515 > total sectors: 490234752 > rpm: 3600 > interleave: 1 > trackskew: 0 > cylinderskew: 0 > headswitch: 0 # microseconds > track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds > drivedata: 0 > > 16 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 48195 0 4.2BSD 2048 16384 16 > c: 490234752 0 unused 0 0 > > > (I tried several fs size (stard or end of the disk, same error) > > Any idea? > > Xavier > -- > Weird enough for government work.