>From: msokolov@blackwidow.soml.cwru.edu (Michael Sokolov)
>
>maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com> wrote:
>> Newfs the new partitions:
>> # newfs /dev/rsd0a
>> # newfs /dev/rsd0e
>
>The problem is that this will cause a kernel panic, which is how the v1.3
>kernel reacts to an attempt to access a raw device. At least it did for me.
>YMMV.

In a previous message you stated that you didn't have a real disklabel
on the disk when you tried to newfs the raw partitions.  I suspect
that's the cause of your trouble.

It's probably worthy of a PR, in any case.

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