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List:       netbsd-bugs
Subject:    bin/37252: dk/dkctl unclear on partition types resulting in newfs failures
From:       roskens () elfin ! net
Date:       2007-10-31 13:40:00
Message-ID: 20071031134000.B13DB63BA5F () narn ! NetBSD ! org
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> Number:         37252
> Category:       bin
> Synopsis:       dk/dkctl unclear on partition types resulting in newfs failures
> Confidential:   no
> Severity:       non-critical
> Priority:       low
> Responsible:    bin-bug-people
> State:          open
> Class:          doc-bug
> Submitter-Id:   net
> Arrival-Date:   Wed Oct 31 13:40:00 +0000 2007
> Originator:     Ron Roskens
> Release:        NetBSD 4.0RC3
> Organization:
> Environment:
NetBSD  4.0_RC3 NetBSD 4.0_RC3 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Oct 16 01:14:06 PDT 2007  \
builds@wb34:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4-0-RC3/i386/200710160011Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-4-0-RC3/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC \
i386
> Description:
The documentation for dk(4), dkctl(8), newfs(8), newfs_lfs(8) is unclear on what \
exact partition types could be used for manually creating a wedge.
> How-To-Repeat:
man dkctl and read that under the 'addwedge' option that you need to specify a \
partition type.

Create a partition with a type of 4.2BSD:
# dkctl /dev/raid0d addwedge raid0w0 0 4194304 4.2BSD

Newfs fails to run:
# newfs /dev/dk0                                      
newfs: /dev/dk0 partition type is not `4.2BSD'
> Fix:
Document which partition types (as strings) are acceptable arguments for dkctl so \
that newfs{,_lfs}(8) will create the filesystem.


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