Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 08:02:14 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newfs hangs my system? Message-ID: <19970516080214.GJ63731@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199705130040.SAA18620@rocky.mt.sri.com>; from Nate Williams on May 12, 1997 18:40:36 -0600 References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970512164812.12315A-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> <199705130040.SAA18620@rocky.mt.sri.com>
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As Nate Williams wrote: > > lambic:~ [12]->newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/ccd0c /a > > Try: > newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/rccd0c /a > ^^^^^^ > > It shoudln't cause lockups to use the block device, but at least this > should get you going. (Note the "r" in front of the device.) I've also heard several reports where people erroneously use a block floppy device and hang or crash their system, while using the raw device works. May be a coincidence (and no, i don't claim this were _not_ a floppy driver bug :). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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