Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:31:36 -0500 From: Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> To: intrico@pacbell.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Large Hard Disks Message-ID: <19991207193136.37739@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> In-Reply-To: <NDBBJHGEHKFPLCHNOLINKELACAAA.intrico@pacbell.net>; from intrico@pacbell.net on Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 03:30:44PM -0800 References: <19991207131729.47280@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <NDBBJHGEHKFPLCHNOLINKELACAAA.intrico@pacbell.net>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Tuesday, 7 December 1999 at 15:30:44 -0800, intrico@pacbell.net wrote: > On Tuesday, December 07, 1999 10:17 AM, owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>On Behalf Of Greg Lehey wrote: >> [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] >> >> On Monday, 6 December 1999 at 6:37:14 -0800, intrico@pacbell.net wrote: >>> I am attempting to install FreeBSD 3.3 Stable on a Maxtor 36.5 GB >>> Utra DMA hard disk. I would like FreeBSD to be the sole operating >>> system on the disk. After going through setup, the filesystems seem >>> to be created okay, but as soon as it attempts to begin extracting >>> files to the disk, the installation quits with a "panic: ufs_dirbad: >>> bad dir". >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> 3) If FreeBSD is compatible with UDMA, and is able to handle IDE disks as >>> large as 36.5 GB, what would most likely be causing the panic error given >>> above? >> >> I don't know. We're going to have to take a look. How are you >> partitioning your disk? How many slices (Microsoft partitions) , how >> many (FreeBSD) partitions? How big are they? > > Yes, this is repeatable (I've tried the install on the disk at least 20 > times). > > I am partitioning my disk with only one slice, (dedicating the entire > disk to FreeBSD). In the disk, I am creating the FreeBSD partitions > as follows: > > / 80 MB > swap 320 MB > /USR 34436 MB > > I also tried the Auto-Defaults a few times, ended up with the same panic > error. Try reducing /USR to, say, 25 GB and see what happens. It's possible we're running into something unexpected there. You should also call it /usr; lots of programs expect this name. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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