From owner-freebsd-current Sat Sep 14 14:45:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF5A837B400 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:45:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (unknown [194.242.157.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD7F43E3B for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 14:45:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (uucp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8ELjLeJ007877 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:45:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) with UUCP id g8ELjLql007876 for current@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:45:21 +0100 (BST) Received: from grimreaper.grondar.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grimreaper.grondar.org (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g8ELeG7s056634 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:40:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark@grimreaper.grondar.org) Message-Id: <200209142140.g8ELeG7s056634@grimreaper.grondar.org> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 as a desktop 'failure' report References: <200209141903.g8EJ3Pua052916@apollo.backplane.com> In-Reply-To: <200209141903.g8EJ3Pua052916@apollo.backplane.com> ; from Matthew Dillon "Sat, 14 Sep 2002 12:03:25 PDT." Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 22:40:16 +0100 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matt Dillon Said: > :The first install failed because the BIOS and FreeBSD couldn't agree on > :disk geometry. Then I laid the disk out with inadequate space in /usr > :partition- my 'pilot' error really. > > Did you try the auto option in sysinstall to create the filesystem > layout? Are the defaults sufficient or do we need to bump them up? This is not a filesystem layout problem; it has to do with disk geometry in the disk labelling part of sysinstall. I've seen sysinstall get it wrong, but not in any pattern that folks could use :-(. I'm happy to try again. M -- o Mark Murray \_ O.\_ Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message