Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:27:27 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation problems with BSD install ISO and SunBlade 1000 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=05ppzjq_ViFYj1P11fK5FHULVwG8E23scNUzd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D77B68D.8010607@freebsd.org> References: <AANLkTinQ1%2BjyADm1g22nBFLeT7_QzPJDJxh=t8SWqP5F@mail.gmail.com> <4D77A593.1050502@freebsd.org> <AANLkTiknjNUitQ=cu7RUxLEe0-U6PoA1zvHaFT2pwJs3@mail.gmail.com> <4D77B68D.8010607@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote: > On 03/09/11 10:27, Super Bisquit wrote: > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>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"? > The layout is PC105. The vertical separator is instead located where the tilde key is, the question mark key is located at the number 6. > > > 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? > I used the freebsd-ufs. Everything after swap was not recognized. Also, the last install would not let me create a /usr/local. > -Nathan > I have to step out away from my SPARC and PPC machines for a couple of days. Apologies beforehand if the next reply is delayed. Desmond
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