I have had problems disklabeling in 1.4.1 as well. I dont know if it is
applicable to your situation,but first using edlabel from a 1.3.2 install
disk solved the problem for me. It seems that the geometry of the disk
needed to be there for the 1.4.1 install disk to work correctly. This was
all on a MVII with a QD21.

----- Original Message -----
From: Anders Hogrelius SdU <elt96ahs@mds.mdh.se>
To: ville hautakangas <vhautaka@cs.Helsinki.FI>
Cc: <port-vax@netbsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: sysinst program / procedure / whadeva


> On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, ville hautakangas wrote:
> <snip>
> > I intend to put the system on an RZ23 and swap and probably /var, /tmp
> > or something
> > on a 50-meg Quantum,
> </snip>
>
> It's not a good idea to try to use a RZ23 or a RZ23L. Somewhere along the
> way it seems as the support for the RZ23 disks got broken. The disks can
> be labeled, but newfs doesn't work, neither does dd. When newfs'ing the
> disk it emits a screeching sound and spins down. I've tried this with
> several disks, both RZ23's and RZ23L's with the same result. The disks
> work perfectly well in a PC or with VMS, so it's definitely something
> wrong in the netbsd-code.
>
> --
> cheers,
>
> /Anders
>
>
> "Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according
> to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs, the
> future, for which I really worked, is mine."
> (Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943)
>
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