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Article #65Re: Eeek! Wren VI on Ultrix problem
From: Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wa...
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 00:20
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 00:20
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In article <Bx3v8A.Foq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) writes: >Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec >From: mdchaney@fractal.ucs.indiana.edu (M Darrin Chaney) >Subject: Eeek! Wren VI on Ultrix problem > >I'm having a problem using a Seagate Wren VI drive on an Ultrix system >(Ultrix 4.2a). The system is a DECstation 5000/120. > >Basically, I copied the ultrix-disktabs file from gatekeeper, and installed >the wrenvi definition into my disktab. Everything worked well (with >MAKEDEV and newfs), but when I look at the disk with df, there is a problem: > >/dev/rz1c 15551 9 13987 0% /newdisk It looks like newfs(8) is getting a bogus size from somewhere. It could be that the disktab entry has the wrong size for the C partition or that where was old partition table on the disk that was lying to newfs(8) when it created the file system. To forcibly override the size you can use the -s option of newfs(8). > > Darrin >-- > >mdchaney@iubacs mdchaney@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu mdchaney@rose.ucs.indiana.edu > >"I want- I need- to live, to see it all..." > -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!concert!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nabeth!alan From: alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) Subject: Re: Eeek! Wren VI on Ultrix problem Message-ID: <1992Nov3.002059.2900@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> Lines: 31 Sender: alan@nabeth (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) Reply-To: alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation References: <Bx3v8A.Foq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1992 00:20:59 GMT