Subject: Re: device not configured when newfs'ing
To: Corey Adam Baye <cabaye@asu.edu>
From: Black Ice <STEVE@argonaut.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 10/03/1995 10:06:46
> Hi, all -- I'm trying to set up a hard drive for a sun3/60 and whenever I
> try to newfs or disklabel or whatever a partition other than c
> (/dev/rsd0c) it kicks out an error "Device not configured". I'm
> thoroughly lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Please write
> directly to cabaye@asu.edu. Thanks a ton...
Just a wild stab in the dark since I need to get a SCSI cable (still) before
I can get that far, but it _sounds_ as though the disk has no partition
table, so only partition 'c' - the whole disk - can be accessed.
By creating a partition table, you'll be able to set up how you want the disk
divided, so it can be accessed properly later....
As for how to do it - umm... isn't it the 'format' command under SunOS? It's
been a while since I had to do it, and my mind is a little hazy this morning.
Besides, we're not talking SunOS here - but the command might be the same!
Just do a 'man -k' for format or related thing.
Good luck.
Steve.
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