Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 22:29:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Axley <jason.axley@attws.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [SUMMARY] 2.2.6 installation problems creating / slic Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980531222243.8435C-100000@invernes>
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My original posting is below. I only got one reply and didn't get any useful answers to help get FreeBSD installed. I endured on and found the solution myself: The partition I was trying to install FreeBSD on was originally created by Solaris x86 (I'm replacing my install of 2.6 x86 with FreeBSD :^>). Well, I took a chance that FreeBSD didn't like the partition being created by the other operating system and deleted it and then recreated it (like the old adage of using a native OS's fdisk to create its own partitions). Well, this action did the trick. However, I think that what really worked was the BSD compatibility flag getting set on the partition. I had just changed the partition type before, but don't remember seeing the "C" flag before. The error messages I got were just a bit cryptic and don't seem at all related to the actual problem...oh, well. Anyhow, I happily have FreeBSD installed and can now start comparing it to linux to see how it (and linux) stacks up! Cheers, -Jason +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason Axley jason.axley@attws.com | | System Administrator Phone: 425-828-8473 | | AT&T Wireless Services Fax: 425-828-1720 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:24:54 -0700 (PDT) From: jason.axley@attws.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 2.2.6 installation problems creating / slice I'm just now trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 on a 6 gig UDMA drive that already has several operating systems on it. I have run into a problem during the install when I'm supposed to create slices on the freebsd partition I just created. If I try to do the Auto configuration option, I get an error that is something like "unable to create root partition. Too big?". If I try to manually create a root slice (even specifying the minimum 20M size) I get a similar error that also says something like "FreeBSD boot code cannot deal with a partition in that location". My hard drive has, of course, physically > 1024 cylinders (geometry is 13328/15/63) but is using LBA mode so the translated geometry is 784/255/63 so there shouldn't be a problem booting off of the partition I created (it starts at translated cylinder 642, or sector 10297665). I have been booting Solaris x86 off that partition for a while now! Anyhow, can anyone clue me in on what I need to do to get FreeBSD installed here and why I'm getting these errors? BTW, was there a definitive answer on *why* FreeBSD cannot be installed on a logical partition? Is this a limitation that applies to all operating systems because of some BIOS limitation or something or is it specific to a particular operating system? Thanks! -Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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