Subject: Re: newfs & MacBSD Installer
To: David Bushong <dbushong@volga.EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
From: None <sparta@imsa.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/19/1996 18:55:01
Thus spake David Bushong:
> 
> 
> 	I have one of those hard disks which mkfs on the Mac side doesn't 
> format correctly, so I used newfs (from my other macbsd drive)  Only 
> problem is, now the Mac side installer won't come near it with a ten foot 
> pole =)..  As soon as I choose its SCSI ID from the list I get: 
> 
> Partition read, SCSIID = 6
> Mounting partition 'A' as /
> /: bad dir ino 2 at offset 0: mangled entry
> bad dir
> 
> I have no problems booting, mounting the drive from the other netbsd 
> drive, etc, so I am assuming that the macside utils deal with a 4.2 
> filesystem and newfs with a 4.3 (am I right?)  If so, is there an 
Pretty much right.  MacSide does deal with 4.2 fs; though I believe (someone
correct if I'm wrong) what you're looking at with newfs is a level 2
filesystem which could be characterized as a 4.4BSD filesystem.

> installer which will deal with the new one?  If not, anyone know what 
> this error is?  Without mini-shell, there's no easy way to fix my system 
> in case of trouble (from the macside)
Well, If you can mount the partition fine, you could just install from netbsd
side.  Also, did you say you could or could not boot from the partition; it
semed to me you said you could, but I might be confused.

> 
> --Dave
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