From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 27 11:10:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E92A10656E1 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E47D8FC1C for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q7RBA2Lf087990 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q7RBA2wt087989; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:02 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:02 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201208271110.q7RBA2wt087989@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Elmar Stellnberger Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B8C71065690 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:08:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 772698FC2E for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:08:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7RB8awi057862 for ; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:08:36 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q7RB8a7W057861; Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:08:36 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201208271108.q7RB8a7W057861@red.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:08:36 GMT From: Elmar Stellnberger To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: misc/171113: FreeBSD 9.1-beta1 installer refuses to partition flash medium X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:10:03 -0000 >Number: 171113 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD 9.1-beta1 installer refuses to partition flash medium >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 27 11:10:02 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Elmar Stellnberger >Release: FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD 9.1-BETA1 #0, 32bit; flash installation medium as downloadable on freebsd.org. >Description: When trying to boot the SDHC-flash installation medium and trying to install on PCMCIA CF /dev/da0 by the option 'use entire disc' of the automatic partitioning I get the following error message: GEOM da0: geometry does not match label (64h, 33s != 255h, 63s). If I try to invoke fdisk manually it quits with the following output: ******* Working on device /dev/da0 ******* parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=1963 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Figures below won't work with BIOS for partitions not in cyl 1 parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=1963 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: The data for partition 2 is: The data for partition 3 is: The data for partition 4 is: sysid 165 (0xa5),(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 0, size 50000 (24 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ head 0/ sector 1; end: cyl 1023/ head 254/ sector 63 >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: