Sounds like you need to reset the partition type using either
	edlabel or disklabel. ( I think the latter is on the miniroot)

	Try resetting the partition type to 4.4bsd (I think) for
	ra0a and ra0e.

                David/abs               abs@anim.dreamworks.com

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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Bob Harbour wrote:

> I am installing v1.2c on a microvax II with an rd54 and am part way
> through loading the distribution files onto the disk. The system locked up
> with a disk error and had to be reset. Now I am trying to clean up the
> mess. When it crashed, I had the system running off the miniroot with ra0a
> mounted on /mnt and ra0e on /mnt/usr while I was un-tarring files. I don't
> have an fstab on the miniroot. fsck refuses to do anything, complaining
> about no /etc/fstab and 
> fsck: vfstype 'unused' on partition '/dev/rra0' is not supported. Using
> fsck -p /dev/ra0a or /dev/rra0a or /dev/ra0e gives
> similar results. The options that fsck accepts don't look much like the
> ones suggested in the O'Rielly 4.4BSD man page. Does anybody have a
> suggestion for fsck options to clean up these two partitions, or do I have
> to newfs and start again?
> 
> Thanks  
> 
> Bob Harbour
> bharbour@teleport.com 
>