On 12/19/06, Marco S Hyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Greg Thomas" writes:
> > > mount -t ext2fs /dev/rwd1c /mnt
> >
> > mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd1i /mnt
>
> How do you know it's i?
FAQ 14.1 says:
Devices without a disklabel: If a device does not currently have an
OpenBSD disklabel on it but has another file system (for example, a
disk with a pre-existing FAT32 file system), the OpenBSD kernel will
"create" one in memory, and that can form the basis of a formal OpenBSD
disklabel to be stored on disk.
That created disklabel uses partition 'i'. Run disklabel(8) on
the device (what you should have done in the first place) to verify
this.
The point is in this case it probably is "i" but since it doesn't have
to be it's better to point the other person to the FAQ where he can
read about disklabel. The FAQ shows a situation where the partition
is "m". Just blindly telling someone to mount wd1i isn't doing him
any good in the long run.
Greg
