From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 17:19:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A71A4106566C for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:19:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746218FC16 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:19:12 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LHS00500W3Z8G00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:19:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from anacreon.physics.wisc.edu (anacreon.physics.wisc.edu [128.104.160.176]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LHS00LXXW3Y8M30@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:19:10 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:19:09 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Super Bisquit Message-id: <4D77B68D.8010607@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-10, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.3.9.170916, SenderIP=128.104.160.176 References: <4D77A593.1050502@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD powerpc; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110305 Thunderbird/3.1.9 Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems with BSD install ISO and SunBlade 1000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:19:12 -0000 On 03/09/11 10:27, Super Bisquit wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Nathan Whitehorn > > wrote: > > On 03/09/11 09:29, Super Bisquit wrote: > > Keyboard layout is not properly recognized. Non Sun keyboard. > Neither pc-sysinstall nor sysinstall will allow the creation > of more than > two partitions. When multiple partitions are created, it fails > with not > being able to find the superblock. > _______________________________________________ > > > Can you please provide more details? What keyboard layout did you > select, > > The last layout on the list us type > > what kind of keyboard are you using? > > ViewSonic PC105 usb I forgot to ask: what specifically did you mean by "Not properly recognized"? > How did you attempt to lay out the partitions on disk? > > /(root) swap /var /tmp /usr /usr/local /home > > At what point and from where did you get the error about the > superblock? > > After the reboot, using pcsysinstall and the layout above. It dropped > immediately into single user mode > > OK, so from the kernel. Which filesystem was it complaining about? -Nathan