I have recently reinstalled NetBSD off of the InfoMagic BSDisc and also 
used Installer 1.1c to install zsh-3.0.2.  Now when I boot I get the 
following message:

/dev/rsd0a: /dev/rsd0a: BAD SUPER BLOCK; MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
/dev/rsd0a: UNEXPECTED CONSISTANCY; Run fsck_ffs manually
Automatic file system check failed; help!

It then asks me for the path name to the shell or asks me to return for 
sh.  When I hit return it asks me my terminal type and I enter "vt220".  
Then I type "fsck_ffs" and hit return.  It prints out on the screen:

** /dev/rsd0a
BAD SUPER BLOCK: MAGIC NUMBER WRONG
/dev/rsd0a: NOT LABELED AS A BSD FILE SYSTEM (unknown)

Now, my question:  What the hell does this mean?

Also, I have made sure that single user is not checked in Booter 1.9.5 (I 
don't know which 1.9.5), but it still tells me I am in a read-only file 
system.  "mount -u" has no effect.

What am I doing wrong?  I guess since I don't have anything "important" 
on the system, I can wipe it clean and start over.  But still, I'd rather 
not if it is salvageable from here.  Besides, I might just learn 
something.

(BTW, I bought the "red book".  Looks to be very useful, if I could find 
time to read it through!)

Oh, while I am at it, on my preivous install, I tried to mount my cdrom 
drive.  I followed the procedure in the FAQ  I looked to see if /dev/cd0 
existed.  It didn't so I entered:

cd /dev
MAKEDEV cd0

All I got back was "MAKEDEV not found" or some such.  Do I need to 
compile MAKEDEV or do something extra to make sure it is there?

TIA,

Sean.


T. Sean (Theo) Schulze   71410.25@compuserve.com

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