I solved my problem with pdisk and more than a little help from Bruce Johnson offlist.
I used pdisk's '[capital] C' command, as Bruce suggested, to create a new volume. (You have to use the 'e' command at the top level in order to get to the C command.) I used the starting address and length in blocks of the already-existing free-space partition and I specified the partition type as "Apple_HFS". (The latter I copied from a partition map. I didn't guess!) When I rebooted, the finder gave me its unrecognizable disk dialogue, and since the size it specified was consistent with the new volume and not with any of my pre-existing volumes, I felt quite safe in formatting the volume. I did, of course, practice all this on a JAZ cartridge before risking my 'real' disk! Thanks to Bruce and the rest of you who offered suggestions. - Aaron -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
