that simplifies some things.  a disklabel still needs to exist.  the =
format command typically repairs those things, but martin's idea is one =
i'll try on some disks that have been particularly annoying to me =
lately.
--
nate


-----Original Message-----
From: Timo Sch=F6ler [mailto:wanker4freedom@web.de]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:28 AM
To: Nathan G. Mitchell
Cc: James Cornell; port-sparc64@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: Bad magic number in disk label



Am 28.02.2005 um 04:25 schrieb Nathan G. Mitchell:

> I've found that sparx are pretty picky aboot having active=20
> terminators.  If I didn't use one, it whined ceaselessly aboot such=20
> things.
> --
> nate

if he has a 'vanilla' U5, he only has IDE...

timo

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Cornell [mailto:unixpenguin2004@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 9:18 PM
> To: port-sparc64@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Bad magic number in disk label
>
>
> On Sunday 27 February 2005 04:40 pm, gaspo wrote:
>> on my Ultra5 i have just tried netbsd 2.0 until now...but now i wanna
>> reinstall it to hard disk for reset the partition ecc...and have a
>> fresh sistem....
>> but when i reboot with the same CDRom of netbsd 2.0sparc  i have this
>> messages: Bad magic number in disk label ....
>> i have tried now to install other Sis operative *bsd *linux sparc but
>> all give me the same error anybody help me?
> You might have a damaged CD, or a damaged disk. =A0Replace the hard=20
> drive; see
> if that fixes the problem.
>
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