Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:30:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Mark Turpin <mturpin@saturn.spel.com> Cc: Alpha Mailing list <alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 19990114-SNAP Install problems... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901271328200.95594-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901262142500.310-100000@saturn.spel.com>
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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
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