Warning/Q: diskconfig corrupts RZ1CC-BA disk label?!

From: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgk_at_laplace.csb.yale.edu>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 15:13:02 -0500 (EST)

I had terrible trouble installing 4.0D with a disk layout of my choice
(custom installation).
Eventually I found out that diskconfig (4.0C, 4.0D, as booted from 4.0D
CDROM) corrupts the disk label of my RZ1CC-BA disk when clicking the
"Default" button!

Before diskconfig:

sectors/unit: 8380080

After clicking the Default button:

sectors/unit: 8899737

Subsequently newfs fails on the last partition (h):

    write error: 6434704
    wtfs: I/O error

The messages on the console are (among others):

    Hard Error Detected
    DEC RZ1CC-BA (C) DEC883F
    Active CCB at time of error
    Command timed out
    cam_logger: CAM_ERROR packet
    cam_logger: bus 2 target 0 lun 0

I was able to salvage the drive with disklabel -R. Fortunately we
have another machine with the same drive and an uncorrupted label.

Is this a bug or a feature?

Ralf
Received on Thu Feb 26 1998 - 21:13:14 NZDT

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