On 12/20/10 12:43, Orestes Leal R. wrote:
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> everything from update the MBR, dislabel, etc, seems to work, but when I
> do newfs /dev/NameOfPartition
> It says
>
> /dev/NameOfPartition: Block Device

geez.  Definite security issue there, definitely can't let us find out 
what disk you are trying to newfs (incorrectly).  And yes, what you are 
hiding IS your problem.

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> and anything else, and later can't mount the partition off course.

Like Otto said, "man newfs"

Hint: the opposite of "block" is "raw".
Double hint: as Otto indicated and I hinted at, what you were doing 
before was wrong.  They don't let you do that anymore.

Nick.

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>> On 12/20/10 10:45, Orestes Leal R. wrote:
>> Hi guys, yesterday I was adding a new virtual disk (in vmware
>> workstation) to my 4.8
>> virtual but I can't do it because the procedure to format and make a new
>> partition
>> seems diferent for 4.6 or 4.3 compared to 4.8, any help?
>> no, not really different (though some things are more precise now)
>> So...the basics:
>> What did you do?
>> What did you expect to happen?
>> What did you see happen?
>> Nick.