Re: formating a large disk

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2013, Michael van Elst wrote:
> derrick.lobo%givex.com@localhost (Derrick Lobo) writes:
>
> > I googled this and could not find a solution to netbsd. I have 2 x 2Tb
> > SATA disk that are setup as CCD and am trying to format the with newfs and
> > keep getting errors.. I can format a drive if the partition is less than
> > 2Tb however need more space..
>
> > Any hep will be appreciated.. did some googling and found  solution for
> > linux but none for netbsd
>
>
> There are 3 ways to use a disk for a filesystem:

A 4th, which is often easier, is to just format the raw partition e.g. 
/dev/rccd0d

You will need to know the number of sectors, but then you can use:
newfs -F -I -s <sectors> -f <fsize> -b <bsize> /dev/rccd0d

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Stephen