Subject: Re: Harddrive refuses to mount.
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: roberto <roberto@redix.it>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/20/2004 13:03:08
Martin Schmitz wrote:
> evilknievel wrote:
>> I know it is 'd' i forgot to mention it, ive tried mounting 'a' but
>> with the same results.
>
> Your disklabel looks really weird. Normally, under NetBSD, Partition 'd'
> isn't actually a Partition you can mount, it's the whole disk, while
> Partition 'c' ist the whole NetBSD-Portion of the disk. In your case a
> and b looks the same, which is weird also. And they start with 0 which
> isn't correct either.
>
Yes, I agree: this is true on i386 architecture;


> I suggest that you look in the NetBSD Handbook. There is a section about
> "Adding a new Harddisk" where there is a nice description of how to
> write a new disklabel to the disk. You should create a correct NetBSD
> disklabel which at least should contain an 'a' partition with the values
> below:
>

Please take enough care when modifing the disklabel: al least make a
backup of it. Or make a backup of the data from OpenBSD.

Roberto