Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:09:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org> To: Tom <tom@sdf.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: DPT install problem Message-ID: <XFMail.980522140943.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980521101430.16449A-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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On 21-May-98 Tom wrote:
>
> I'm trying to use the boot-dpt 2.2.6-RELEASE floppy to bootstrap a new
> DPT based system. However, sysinstall hangs after newfs'ing the
> filesystems.
>
> I'm using a 21GB array, with auto-defaults for the filesystems, so /usr
> is over 20GB in size. If I delete /usr and replace it with a 500MB
> filesystem, leaving the remaining space unallocated, sysinstall has no
> problem completing the newfs step.
>
> Anyone else had problems with sysinstall on a mid-sized array like
> this?
Yup. Me :-)
But not on 3.0-current. I noticed that 2.2 does not like huge partitions,
but this is not consnstent.
Simon
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Sincerely Yours,
Simon Shapiro Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG
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