Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 01:17:55 +0000 From: John Murphy <john253@crosswinds.net> To: emcgough@bbnow.net (Edward McGough) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Failure Message-ID: <b4jm0t0o70h8ugk6k565plfa38hjg9i6qm@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <KEEDKMPGIDCHOIMANFMJAEOECAAA.emcgough@bbnow.net> References: <KEEDKMPGIDCHOIMANFMJAENCCAAA.emcgough@bbnow.net> <KEEDKMPGIDCHOIMANFMJAEOECAAA.emcgough@bbnow.net>
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Edward McGough wrote:
>Here is what I know so far:
>
>1) I go through the install and select everything correctly, with a =
minimal
>install for a user.
>
>2) It gets to the part where it copies the files from the CD to the =
system
>and fails at the end
>
>3) The error message it gives is: MAKEDEV Returned non-zero status.
>
>4) While checking the other terminal (i put it in debug) here are some =
the
>last couple of lines up to the error:
>
>Debug: Notify: Remaking all devices...Please Wait
>Debug: Executing command 'cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV all'
>MAKEDEV: 762: Syntax Error: ")" unexpected (expecting ";;")
>Debug: Command 'cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV all' returns status of 2
>
I have 4.1 working fine. My /dev/MAKEDEV has these 3 lines for 761-763:
*)
echo bad unit for media changer in: $i
;;
Whenever I've had syntax errors of this kind it has been due to the file
(MAKEDEV in your case) having ^Ms on the end of lines caused by me =
editing
the file in MSwindows and forgetting to save it in UNIX format...
>5) When i acknowledge that the system had error and set the root =
password
>and time zone (which i have to do manually) and reboot the system i am
>getting the following error:
>
>Mounting root from UFS: /dev/ad0s1a
>panic: allocbuf: buffer too small
As MAKEDEV has stopped prematurely I'm not surprised.
>Then the system tries to sync the disks and ends up with a fatal trap =
error.
>
>Does anyone have any idea what is going on. I am assuming that the =
install
>is failing when trying to make devices from the /dev directory, but, =
what
>can I do about that or am I even going down the right road.
>
>The system has an unknown motherboard (TX Pro chipset). It has one IDE =
hard
>disk in it with an SMC Nic card, (which works cause I installed via FTP =
from
>my bsd box). Other than a floppy that is it.
>
>If anyone can help me out please do so as I am stumped.
Well, as you're installing it on a friends pc I presume you have a
working system of your own. Therefore you could put his/her drive
in your pc and do a minimal install there, and then swap the drive
back to his. Even though your hardware may be quite different, it
will (probably) work!
HTH
John.
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