Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:59:03 +0100 From: Martin Zibert <schpeko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /: create/symlink failed, no inodes free Message-ID: <6334c6e20511221059m7aa6ef57k2a3990b66e8fda44@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200511221802.jAMI2TvO014547@casselton.net> References: <6334c6e20511220906g42c2de27ibf6ffe1fff60cbc1@mail.gmail.com> <200511221802.jAMI2TvO014547@casselton.net>
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On 11/22/05, Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net> wrote: > > Here is what I do: > > Choose the Custom option (top menu) > Choose Partition > A Use Entire Disk > (if the Disk Geometry does not look correct, then you may have > BIOS geometry issues). Assuming the FreeBSD partition is 4/8 G, exit > Q > I like the standard MBR boot manager > Choose Label > D (delete any unix partitions that are there) > C (create partitions for / (256 M) /usr (2 GB) /home (rest)) > make sure the newfs is going to be run > Q (quit) > Choose the Distributions (as a test, just choose the binaries and docs > only) > Choose commit when i do this everything looks ok.. press commit - i choose ftp server and then it hangs up resolving the ip.. if i press ctrl+c it prompts for restart/abort/continue install. choose restart and then i do everything fro= m the beginning like you told me - AND IT WORKS OK- it even resolvs ip! both configurations are the same - no changes made! but for the first time it doesn't work, for the second it does. very very wierd thing ;) as i said, i have used 2 diferent disks, 2 diferen= t cdroms - all the same! any ideas? i'll try to install from cd tomorrow.. i hope it goes ok. thanks guys for the help.. but you should really see this, because in all 5 years that i've used freebsd i never saw such thing. if anyone comes to any ideas, please post it here. thanks again, martin The only place that I can think the install program should fail is if > the Disk Geometry is not being read correctly. >
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