From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 5 8:26:34 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57AA637B401; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 08:26:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30AF343F75; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 08:26:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h15GQPMw015478; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:26:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h15GQO8F015473; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:26:24 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:26:24 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: Geoff Buckingham , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: creating partions in RC-2 install Message-ID: <20030205172624.A15423@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20030203160955.GA7350@chuggalug.clues.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jhb@FreeBSD.ORG on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:37:09AM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:37:09AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 03-Feb-2003 Geoff Buckingham wrote: > > Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 12:02:04PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >> On 10-Jan-2003 Geoff Buckingham wrote: > >> > > >> > I suspect this is my problem, not an RC-2 issue but, > >> > can anybody else create new partitions in sysinstall. > >> > > >> > Starting with a 'naked' disk straigh out of its > >> > sealed anti-static bag I cant create any partitions. > >> > > >> > This is on a Alphaserver 800 5/333, booting from CD, > >> > if nobody else sees this I will try this on a NONAME > >> > based system at the weekend. > >> > >> Yes, I have seen this before. I think I may have a fix for it > >> though. Need to test it locally on an i386 machine first. > >> > > Just A quick line to note this remains borken in 5.0 Release. > > > > sysinstall seems unable to disklabel new disks. However if your disk > > allready has a disklabel all is well. > > Ok, then I haven't fixed it. I will try to play with this some > when I get some time. Sorry. :( This is probably the problem > on the ES40. If the guy with the ES40 could try to take the first > disk out and label it in another already-installed machine that > might work. Either that or use the fixit option and run disklabel > manually maybe? I can confirm there is nothing wrong on ES40 once you get things installed. I just tried installing 5.0R on the ES40 at work and it is now happily running a buildworld. This disk had a Tru64 disklabel on it before FreeBSD looked at it. -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message