On Jun 12, 12:41pm, Duncan Ferguson wrote:
> Subject: newfs error?
> I have just newfs'ed my 9gb scsi again and when it finishes it gives
> the error:
> writedisklabel: invalid filecore boot clock (incorrect checksum)

This just means you have no RiscOS partition.

> The disk has no Riscos partition at all, should should i be worried
> about this error or not?
>
> I also left fsck running on the disk for over an hour yesterday
> before i had to end it (on blocks and sizes).  How long should it
> take?

After a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation I wouldn't be surprised if it
took several hours (its probably roughly 10 times as long as an IDE disk of the
same size).

Cheers

Rob