Hi 'rb':

Just make sure that when you fdisk it under linux, that you create a
single FAT16 partition, rather than trying to make an ext2fs partition.
This will ensure that NetBSD can see it to delete it...

Cheers,
MvdW



On 04 Oct 2001 23:24:38 +0100, rb wrote:
> Jeff Duffy wrote:
> > 
> > rb wrote:
> > > Similarly, when dropping out of sysinst to the shell and running fsck on
> > > sd0a, I get:
> > >
> > >     ** /dev/rsd0a
> > >     BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
> > >     uid 0 on /: file system full
> > >
> > >     /: write failed, file system is full
> > >     fsck: /dev/rsd0a: Floating point exception
> > >
> > 
> >  Well, I just finished installs of NetBSD and FreBSD on a pair of alphastation 255s,
> > 
> >  and I had to put the disks preciously used by OSF/1 in another machine,
> > 
> >  delete the partitioning info on the drives and *then* install
> > 
> >   to get it to work properly. I was getting some of the same error
> > messages; particularly "file system full". Bizarre, but they're humming
> > along now, so you might try it.
> > 
> > Jef
> 
> This is good news...I knew I should have resisted that urge to start
> snapping up drives on eBay! :c)
> 
> Thanks for the tip...! I'll mount the drive on a linux box and fdisk it
> ASAP.
> 
> Rory Beaton
> Dundee, Scotland
> 
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