What does 'disklabel sd0' report - have you set the filesystem
	type of sd0a?

                David/abs               abs@anim.dreamworks.com

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On Sat, 31 May 1997, Ole Myren R|hne wrote:

> So I finally got my RZ57 spinning, and I am able to read and write
> disklabels with the disklabel program. Currently I am using this one:
> 
> vuoep8# disklabel -rt sd0
> rz57|Automatically generated label:\
>         :dt=SCSI:se#512:ns#67:nt#15:sc#1005:nc#1928:\
>         :pa#32160:oa#0:\
>         :pb#64320:ob#32160:tb=swap:\
>         :pc#1937640:oc#0:\
>         :pd#1841160:od#96480:
> 
> First question:
> 
> I am not able to run newfs on what I intended to be the root
> partition:
> 
> vuoep8# newfs /dev/rsd0a
> newfs: /dev/rsd0a: Device not configured
> 
> But trying make a partition on the entire drive seems to work so far:
> vuoep8# newfs /dev/rsd0c
> /dev/rsd0c:     1937640 sectors in 1928 cylinders of 15 tracks, 67 sectors
>         946.1MB in 121 cyl groups (16 c/g, 7.85MB/g, 1920 i/g)
> super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
>  32, 16192, 32352, 48512, 64672, 80832, 96992, 113152,
>  129312, 145472, 161632, 177792, 193952, 210112, 226272, 242432,
>  257312, 273472, 289632, 305792, 321952, 338112, 354272, 370432,
>  386592, 402752, 418912, 435072, 451232, 467392, 483552, 499712,
>  514592, 530752, 546912, 563072, 579232, 595392, 611552, 627712,
>  643872, 660032, 676192, 692352, 708512, 724672, 740832, 756992,
>  771872, 788032, 804192, 820352, 836512, 852672, 868832, 884992,
>  901152, 917312, 933472, 949632, 965792, 981952, 998112, 1014272,
>  1029152, 1045312, 1061472, 1077632, 1093792, 1109952, 1126112, 1142272,
>  1158432, 1174592, 1190752, 1206912, 1223072, 1239232, 1255392, 1271552,
>  1286432, 1302592, 1318752, 1334912, 1351072, 1367232, 1383392, 1399552,
>  1415712, 1431872, 1448032, 1464192, 1480352, 1496512, 1512672, 1528832,
>  1543712, 1559872, 1576032, 1592192, 1608352, 1624512, 1640672, 1656832,
>  1672992, 1689152, 1705312, 1721472, 1737632, 1753792, 1769952, 1786112,
>  1800992, 1817152, 1833312, 1849472, 1865632, 1881792, 1897952, 1914112,
>  1930272,
> 
> vuoep8# mount /dev/sd0c /mnt
> vuoep8# df /mnt
> Filesystem  1K-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> /dev/sd0c      937826        1   890933     0%    /mnt
> 
> 
> Second question:
> 
> I understand that it is not possible to boot directly off a SCSI
> disk. But would it be possible boot with mop and then use the
> bootparams to tell her to load the kernel, mount root and swap all
> from the SCSI disk?
> 
> Ole
>