Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:58:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Show Stopper? Failure to Install 19981014 Message-ID: <XFMail.981016135802.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981016124620.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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NewsFlash:
While the release from the 4-oct-1998 has the same error messages, it
installs correctly. Now, will some wise person who knowns what happened in
between help me solve this problem?
Simon
Simon Shapiro, On 16-Oct-98 you wrote:
> Hi Yall,
>
> I am installing, from scratch, on a known-to-be-good system, FreeBSD
> 3.0-CURRENT, the snapshot from 14-Oct (compiled here) and getting the
> following error messages during filesystem creation:
>
> [ After newfs lists superblocks ]
>
> newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): cros-device link
> newfs: /mnt/dev/rda0s4a cant rewrite disk label.
>
> The disk is partitioned to have a 64MB DOS slice a 1GB FreeBSD
> slice another 1GB freeBSD slice and a slightly over 2GB FreeBSD
> slice.
>
> There are numerous FreeBSD partitions in each slice. The systme has a
> DPT
> controller driving a RAID-1 array. The very same system (and numerous
> others) are running IDENTICAL hardware with the very same date code
> without
> any sign of this problem. This problem has been confirmed by others and
> is
> very real.
>
> As a reference, 2.2.7 installs and boots. Pre-CAM 3.0 installs and
> boots.
>
> The (excessive) confirmations are an attempt to stem ``Oh, it soes not
> happen here, must be the DPT driver'' comments. I belive it does not
> happen elsewhere but is serious enough for us to post it here in search
> for
> help. We are standing by to do what is needed to make it work.
>
> If you feel like chatting, I am at 770.794.1513
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
> 770.265.7340
> Simon Shapiro
>
> Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth
>
>
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Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
770.265.7340
Simon Shapiro
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