Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 14:10:45 +0200 From: "Ganizani Phiri" <ganizani@malawi.net> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: WHAT COULD CAUSE MAKEDEV TO RETURN A NON-ZERO STATUS. Message-ID: <000201bfc0c3$975885e0$02a994d0@malawi.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] I am installing FreeBSD-4.0 on my Compaq Proliant Server. It has 3 4.3-GB WIDE ULTRA SCSI Discs mounted on a disk array. FreeBSD-2.2.6 never detected any disks. Release 4.0 detects them but after copying the files this error keeps appearing. Remaking all devices; then MAKEDEV returned a non-zero status ; then Some errors occured setup not completed successfully. But sometime the files are copied correctly but when booting the system complains that there is no bootable kernel. What can be the cause of this problem. Previously there was Windows NT running on this server but I want to kick it out for good. Could it be that NT did something fishy to my disk. Help please, Ganizani. [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am installing FreeBSD-4.0 on my Compaq Proliant Server. It has 3 4.3-GB WIDE ULTRA SCSI Discs mounted on a disk array.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>FreeBSD-2.2.6 never detected any disks. Release 4.0 detects them but after copying the files this error keeps appearing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Remaking all devices; then</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>MAKEDEV returned a non-zero status ; then</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some errors occured setup not completed successfully.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But sometime the files are copied correctly but when booting the system complains that there is</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>no bootable kernel.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What can be the cause of this problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Previously there was Windows NT running on this server but I want to kick it out for good. Could it be</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that NT did something fishy to my disk.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help please,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ganizani.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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