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Date:      Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:16:45 -0500
From:      Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com>
To:        Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Installation problems with BSD install ISO and SunBlade 1000
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On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>wrote:
>
>>  On 03/09/11 10:27, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>  On 03/09/11 09:29, Super Bisquit wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Keyboard layout is not properly recognized. Non Sun keyboard.
>>>> Neither pc-sysinstall nor sysinstall will allow the creation of more
>>>> than
>>>> two partitions. When multiple partitions are created, it fails with not
>>>> being able to find the superblock.
>>>>  _______________________________________________
>>>>
>>>
>>> Can you please provide more details? What keyboard layout did you select,
>>
>> The last layout on the list us type
>>
>>> what kind of keyboard are you using?
>>
>> ViewSonic PC105 usb
>>
>>
>> I forgot to ask: what specifically did you mean by "Not properly
>> recognized"?
>>
>
> The layout is PC105. The vertical separator is instead located where the
> tilde key is, the question mark key is located at the number 6.
>
>>
>>
>>   How did you attempt to lay out the partitions on disk?
>>
>> /(root) swap /var /tmp /usr /usr/local /home
>>
>>> At what point and from where did you get the error about the superblock?
>>>
>> After the reboot, using pcsysinstall and the layout above. It dropped
>> immediately into single user mode
>>
>>>
>>>
>> OK, so from the kernel. Which filesystem was it complaining about?
>>
>
> I used the freebsd-ufs. Everything after swap was not recognized. Also, the
> last install would not let me create a /usr/local.
>
>> -Nathan
>>
>
> I have to step out away from my SPARC and PPC machines for a couple of
> days. Apologies beforehand  if the next reply is delayed.
>
> Desmond
>
>



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