Subject: Re: Harddrive refuses to mount.
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: evilknievel <evilthings@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/20/2004 02:04:42
I know it is 'd' i forgot to mention it, ive tried mounting 'a' but
with the same results.
This is what i got from fdisk.
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# fdisk /dev/wd0
Disk: /dev/wd0d
NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:
cylinders: 155127, heads: 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 156368016

BIOS disk geometry:
cylinders: 1024, heads: 255, sectors/track: 63 (16065 sectors/cylinder)
total sectors: 156368016

Partition table:
0: <UNUSED>
1: <UNUSED>
2: <UNUSED>
3: OpenBSD (sysid 166)
    start 63, size 156360582 (76348 MB, Cyls 0-9733), Active
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:03:33 -0700, Jeff Rizzo <riz@redcrowgroup.com> wrote:
> evilknievel wrote:
> 
> >Hey!
> >
> >I have a very odd problem, i cant get my harddrive which i before used
> >with OpenBSD to mount on my new NetBSD installation, I'm running
> >NetBSD-2-0_RC4 and i've tried with 1.6.2 also.
> >
> >disklabel shows my harddrive and the partition i have on it.
> >(disklabel /dev/wd0)
> >
> >16 partitions:
> >#        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
> > a: 156368016         0     4.2BSD   2048 16384   328  # (Cyl.      0 - 155126)
> > c: 156368016         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 - 155126)
> >
> >and when i try and mount i cant enter the mount point, i get this:
> >
> ># mount /dev/wd0d /mnt
> ># cd /mnt
> >cd: /mnt: Not a directory
> >#
> >
> >
> 
> Part of the problem might be that your disklabel isn't actually showing
> a 'd' partition.   Does it work if you try 'mount /dev/wd0a /mnt' ?
> 
> Also, does 'fdisk' show anything interesting?
> 
> +j
> 
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