bsdlabel on /dev/da0s1

[ashep]

Hi! I have an external USB HDD. With fdisk I created one slice on the entire disk. When I tried to:
bsdlabel -w /dev/da0s1
i have the error message:
bsdlabel: /dev/da0s1 read: Unknown error: 0
What's wrong?
Thanx!

[SirDice]

You probably need to supply a type field:
bsdlabel -w da0s1 auto

[lyuts]

Man says that:

- type is not required
- to write a label use
bsdlabel -w da0s1

No "/dev/" is specified.

[ashep]

[root@aserver /sbin]# ls -l /dev/da0*
crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 102 Jun 3 22:17 /dev/da0
crw-r----- 1 root operator 0, 103 Jun 3 09:41 /dev/da0s1
[root@aserver /sbin]# bsdlabel -w da0s1
bsdlabel: /dev/da0s1 read: No such file or directory

[lyuts]

Wow, that i strange.

Here is man's phrase:

Disk Device Name
When specifying the device (i.e., when the -f option is not used), the
/dev/ path prefix may be omitted; the bsdlabel utility will automatically prepend it.


Maybe you should try

bsdlabel -w da0


since da0s1 is just da0's slice.

[SirDice]

Maybe you should try

bsdlabel -w da0


since da0s1 is just da0's slice.
There is a difference. Using da0 will mean the disk is dedicated. This also means the MS-DOS fdisk tool and XP's diskmanagement system can't make heads or tails of it.

Since the OP was able to create a slice using fdisk he should use da0s1.

But I agree it's a weird error.. One other thing to try is the -B option.

bsdlabel -B -w da0s1

[ashep]

Solved. Thanx to all! The problem was in the PCI USB controller.

[lyuts]

Please tell us the problem. So that everybody knows the reason.
What was it about?

[DutchDaemon]

Yes, always share solutions! The forums are here for the community, not for solving your particular problems ..

[ikbendeman]

I don't know what his solution was, but I just had to newfs the slice, rather than making a bsdlabel and its seemed to work for me [scratches head]