From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Jan 27 05:28:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA14679 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 05:28:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nlsystems.com (nlsys.demon.co.uk [158.152.125.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA14673 for ; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 05:28:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dfr@nlsystems.com) Received: from localhost (dfr@localhost) by nlsystems.com (8.9.1/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA96296; Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:30:31 GMT Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:30:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Mark Turpin cc: Alpha Mailing list Subject: Re: 19990114-SNAP Install problems... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Mark Turpin wrote: > > Forgive me if this has already been answered, My e-mail system bombed on > me and it took a week to get parts.. > > Is there something wrong with the install process? I've made the > boot.flp and mfsroot.flp and they boot fine. But when I go to commit a > install it gives me errors in the newfs stuff. > > I've got a Multia with a 2.0GB seagate HD, NEC CD-ROM, 64MB RAM, Latest > firmware. I've had FreeBSD/alpha on this machine before (199812??-SNAP) > but the HD died (I haven't had good luck with computers this week). > > Any clues? I think there are problems with the libdisk changes I made last time I had my hands inside sysinstall. I think it only works if the disk already has a valid disklabel (oops). This is on my list of things to fix and it will be soon (possibly less than a week). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message