From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 26 17:31:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDCCF37B404 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:31:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41406.mail.yahoo.com (web41406.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.93.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6FB0B43FA3 for ; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:31:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chromodromic@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030327013128.56883.qmail@web41406.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.115.72.44] by web41406.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:31:28 PST Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:31:28 -0800 (PST) From: John McClure To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Subject: Installation Woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:31:29 -0000 Argh. Since my original install wouldn't accept a root partition of 256M and since I had no idea what the minimum should be, I just upped that allotment to 1G and happiness ensued. After this, my installation appeared to proceed normally. Almost. When the installation started I got an error, which I've gotten on subsequent attempts: "Error mounting /mnt/dev/ad0s1f on /mnt/usr : Invalid argument" This is making me very sad. Firstly, the /usr mount is allocated the vast bulk of my hard drive space, about 23G. From what I understand, this shouldn't really be an issue, and I've supplied a newfs argument: newfs -f 2048 -b 16384 The first time the installation completed and I tried to reboot, I got a bunch of error messages informing me that I had an "INVALID FILESYSTEM: Check with fsck", and then got subsquently dropped into a % prompt as root. The filesystem was read-only and the fsck I ran there told me that there was a problem with /mnt/usr and /mnt/var. So ... ideas? Any suggestions on another course to take. I'm going to install FreeBSD on this system if I have to pry the hard drive open and hand copy the bits with a magnetic needle. But since that would obviously take some time, I'd prefer it if someone had any insights. Also, I'm still trying to figure out what to do about multiple INDEX entries warning following a "make index" after a ports cvsup, so if anyone's got any ideas on that, too ... Thanks in advance for any help. It is appreciated. Peace, GM __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com