Hi *, I just reinstalled a box (running -CURRENT). I added a third IDE drive:
wd2 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 1: <WDC WD2500JB-00REA0> wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238475MB, 488397168 sectors wd2(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 dkcsum: wd2 matches BIOS drive 0x82 It will be fully dedicated to OpenBSD so, I issued the following commands: # fdisk -i wd2 # disklabel -E wd2 (created 'a' partition) # newfs wd2a ==> Errors! wd2a: id not found writing fsbn 488397104 (wd2 bn 8796581419375; cn 547561868 tn 158 sn 1), retrying wd2: transfer error, downgrading to Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd2(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 wd2a: id not found writing fsbn 488397104 (wd2 bn 8796581419375; cn 547561868 tn 158 sn 1), retrying wd2: transfer error, downgrading to Ultra-DMA mode 3 wd2(pciide0:1:1): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 3 wd2a: id not found writing fsbn 488397104 (wd2 bn 8796581419375; cn 547561868 tn 158 sn 1), retrying I booted the box with a Knoppix CD and I was able to create an ext3 fs on the disk. The filesystem was successfully mounted under OpenBSD and I/O were correct. Any idea why newfs failed? Regards, Xavier -- The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall.
