Subject: disk formatting questions
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Jack Culpepper <jack@cs.hmc.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/09/1998 17:43:27
Hi,

I have a Tatung Sparc 5 clone running 1.3.2.  I currently have it netbooting
from another sparcstation, but it has two drives in it, neither of which have
anything on them.

Here's what the kernel prints out...

esp0 at dma0 slot 0x4 offset 0x8800000 pri 4: ESP200, 40MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus0 at esp0: 8 targets
probe(esp0:0:0): max sync rate 10.00Mb/s
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <CONNER, CP30540 545MB3.5, B0BC> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 520MB, 2242 cyl, 6 head, 79 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 1065912 sectors
probe(esp0:4:0): max sync rate 10.00Mb/s
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST15230N, 0638> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd1: 4095MB, 3992 cyl, 19 head, 110 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8386733 sectors
.
. (stuff deleted)
.
nfs_boot: trying RARP (and RPC/bootparam)
nfs_boot: client_addr=0x86ad2f2f
nfs_boot: server_addr=0x86ad2e5d
nfs_boot: hostname=beast
root on blip:/export/netbsd-sparc-1.3.2/root/beast
root file system type: nfs
sd0: no disk label

I'm guessing the "no disk label" means that the 540 MB drive doesn't have
a partition table or anything.  Since it only prints it once, I guess the
4 GB drive does?  Here's what happens when I try to use disklabel:

beast# disklabel -r /dev/rsd0c 
disklabel: no disk label
Exit 1
beast# disklabel -r /dev/rsd1c
disklabel: /dev/rsd1c: Device not configured
Exit 4

How can I make my hard drives usable?

Thanks
Jack