Unable to newfs/fsck partition on -current because of write failed.

[Thorsten Greiner]

* Nicolai Petri <nicolai at catpipe.net> [2003-09-21 12:23]:
> But now even newfs gives me "Write failed". This seems a bit odd
> because i can easily do a "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0s2d" and
> clear out the label. Any hints ? I'm thinking geom and/or
> blocksize problems. But that's just a guess. 

There was a small window in which the -CURRENT kernel was broken.
This happened just around September 14th, so I suggest you either
upgrade your kernel or use a kernel built before September 14th.

Regards

        -Thorsten

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