From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 19:59: 3 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A09037B4EC for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 19:58:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner (roadrunner.apana.org.au [203.3.126.132]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f1L3wUE52351; Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:58:31 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <00da01c09bba$a5429380$847e03cb@apana.org.au> From: "Doug Young" To: "Donny Maulana" , References: <000801c09bba$3ae396b0$2304400a@libra> Subject: Re: Partition FreeBSD Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 13:59:06 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D5_01C09C0E.747258E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D5_01C09C0E.747258E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I don't recall reading about any /dev/rad0s2a .... or is that just a = typo & you really meant=20 /dev/ad0s2a ?? As far as I know IDE drives have "ad0sxx" type names & SCSI ones have = "sd0sxx" type ones .. maybe you problem is as simple as a typo ?? ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Donny Maulana=20 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:56 PM Subject: Partition FreeBSD Dear All, I'm still cannot create partition at OS freeBSD with error message: " Warning ! unable to swap to /dev/ad0s2b : invalid argument this may = couse the installation=20 to fail at some point if you dont't have a lot of memory. " "Unable to make new root file system on /dev/rad0s2a command returnet status 1 " I have OS windows 2000, with partition ntfs, and I want splitte with = OS freeBSD with one hardisk please bear with me thank you and regards, donny ------=_NextPart_000_00D5_01C09C0E.747258E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I don't recall reading about any = /dev/rad0s2a ....=20 or is that just a typo & you really meant
/dev/ad0s2a ??
 
As far as I know IDE drives have = "ad0sxx" type=20 names & SCSI ones have "sd0sxx" type ones ..
maybe you problem is as simple as a = typo=20 ??
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Donny=20 Maulana
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, = 2001 1:56=20 PM
Subject: Partition = FreeBSD

Dear All,
 
I'm still cannot create partition at = OS freeBSD=20 with error message:
" Warning ! unable to swap to = /dev/ad0s2b :=20 invalid argument this may couse the installation
  to  fail at some = point
  if you dont't have a lot of = memory.=20 "
 
"Unable to make new root  file = system =20 on  /dev/rad0s2a
  command returnet status 1 = "
 
I have OS windows 2000, with = partition ntfs, and=20 I want splitte with OS freeBSD with one hardisk
 
please bear with me
 
thank you and regards,
donny
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