Having just done some of that last night try dasdfmt -f /dev/dasda -b 4096
-d cdl
That formats the DEVICE. Then use fdasd to partition it.
/dev/dasda1 will not exist until a partition is created. If you partition
it in 3 pieces, you'd have /dev/dasda1 /dev/dasda2 /dev/dasda3
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:44:33 -0500, John Kaba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SuSE Instsys zlinux:/root # dasdfmt -f /dev/dasda1 -b 4096 -d cdl
> Drive Geometry: 400 Cylinders * 15 Heads = 6000 Tracks
You mistake is the '1' in dasda1 - that's the first partition. You
want to format the entire devic
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 04:44:33PM -0500, John Kaba wrote:
> SuSE Instsys zlinux:/root # dasdfmt -f /dev/dasda1 -b 4096 -d cdl
^^^
I don't think this is what you want.
If you've done dasdfmt and fdasd already on /dev/dasda, your next step is to
make
Is there more information in the kernel ring buffer? (dmesg will show you
that.)
Mark Post
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Kaba
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 5:45 PM
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Subject: Formatting and Partitioning on
Getting the following error when trying to format one of my disks:
SuSE Instsys zlinux:/root # dasdfmt -f /dev/dasda1 -b 4096 -d cdl
Drive Geometry: 400 Cylinders * 15 Heads = 6000 Tracks
I am going to format the device /dev/dasda1 in the following way:
Device number of device : 0x150
Labe
