From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 18:03:50 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 5272137B401 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:03:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.198.39]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A868F43F93 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:03:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2003080101034701500mjj9ue>; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:03:47 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7113iM1043513; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:03:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h7113hcO043510; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 21:03:43 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: mauog@interfree.it References: <20030730122327.27159.qmail@community13.interfree.it> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 31 Jul 2003 21:03:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030730122327.27159.qmail@community13.interfree.it> Message-ID: <44el06195c.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fdisk problem [core dump] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 01:03:50 -0000 mauog@interfree.it () writes: > When I try to use fdisk with a Maxtor diamond plus 9 HD [ model 6Y080L0] I get an error during "Writing partition information to drive ad0" like "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" > I do these steps: > sysinstall-->configure-->fdisk > > A = Use Entire Disk > w = Write Changes > Boot Manager = Install the FreeBSD Boot Manager > > At this point I get the error while fdisk write information on disk: > > My system is: > ---uname -a output:--- > FreeBSD phoenix 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X deluxe > processor AMD Athlon 2600 > RAM: DDR 133 - 256 MB > > Could You help me? Have you got the install completed? If so, try running fdisk directly. If not, see if 4.8 (the latest "production quality" release) exhibits the same symptoms. If you really need 5.x for some reason, ask on the -CURRENT list.