[haiku-development] Re: mkfs: Error: Failed to get disk device for path /dev/disk/ata/0/master/2: No such file or directory

  • From: Marcus Jacob <rossi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:23:45 +0200

>>On 2008-07-16 at 21:02:19 [+0200], Marcus Jacob <rossi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>wrote:
>>> addendum: mkdos on the same partion actually works and creates a working 
>>> file
>>> system, which is also recognized by vista ... in case that matters.
>>
>>mkfs is broken for any but */raw devices.
>
>The world belongs to the brave (or incredibly stupid ;-) ...
>
>Since I have no emotional attachment towards my Vista partition, I figured I 
>give it a try:
>
>-> mkfs -t bgs /dev/disk/ata/0/master/raw Walter
>DiskSystem...
>--- got ... from add-on "intel"
>BPartition::Delegate::InitAfterHierachy(): Failed to create partition handle 
>for partition 0. disk system: "Intel Partition Map": Invalid Argument
>Error: A problem occured preparing the device for themodifications
>->
>
>(btw, the missing blank is no typo)

the g in bfs of course is a typo ;-)

>
>Any other ideas on how to get the partition or device initialized?
>
>Cheers,
>Rossi
>


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