On Wed, 13 Mar 2024, Michael van Elst wrote:
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:00:02PM -0700, Paul Goyette wrote:``scsictl sd0 start'' makes a little bit of progress, and claims to be "fabricating a geometry". ``gpt show -a sd0'' shows two partitions (one for NetBSD backups, and one for Windoze backups) # gpt show sd0 start size index contents 0 1 PMBR 1 1 Pri GPT header 2 32 Pri GPT table 34 2014 Unused 2048 4294967296 1 GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2 4294969344 3518951424 2 GPT part - Windows basic data 7813920768 49119 Unused 7813969887 32 Sec GPT table 7813969919 1 Sec GPT headerThat looks fine.But it does not seem to progress to the discover-wedges process, and no wedges seem to exist: # dkctl sd0 listwedges /dev/rsd0: no wedges configuredThe wedge autodetection happens when the device attaches (and failed since the disk was offline). This is different from disklabels that are fetched by the first opener (and are usually dropped with the last close, except traditionally for vnd). You can manually trigger autodetection with dkctl sd0 makewedges
Yup, that's the magic word. I used scsictl and dkctl both, and the external drive appeears normal. Thanks! +---------------------+--------------------------+----------------------+ | Paul Goyette (.sig) | PGP Key fingerprint: | E-mail addresses: | | (Retired) | 1B11 1849 721C 56C8 F63A | p...@whooppee.com | | Software Developer | 6E2E 05FD 15CE 9F2D 5102 | pgoye...@netbsd.org | | & Network Engineer | | pgoyett...@gmail.com | +---------------------+--------------------------+----------------------+
