From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jan 10 9: 2: 0 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 180C037B401 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:01:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail13.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F7B43F18 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:01:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 20291 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2003 17:02:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender ) by mail13.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 10 Jan 2003 17:02:01 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0AH1tUT090524; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:01:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.2 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20030110121235.GA3609@chuggalug.clues.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 12:02:04 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Geoff Buckingham Subject: RE: creating partions in RC-2 install Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 10-Jan-2003 Geoff Buckingham wrote: > > I suspect this is my problem, not an RC-2 issue but, > can anybody else create new partitions in sysinstall. > > Starting with a 'naked' disk straigh out of its > sealed anti-static bag I cant create any partitions. > > This is on a Alphaserver 800 5/333, booting from CD, > if nobody else sees this I will try this on a NONAME > based system at the weekend. Yes, I have seen this before. I think I may have a fix for it though. Need to test it locally on an i386 machine first. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message