From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 14 18:05:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16C1616A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:05:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33B1043D4C for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:05:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.201]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i0F25AOE013377; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i0F25Aga025676; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0F25ASo025675; Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 18:05:10 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Claus Guttesen Message-ID: <20040115020510.GB25558@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <200401140958.21543.mark.heaton@hp.com> <20040114172357.55663.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040114172357.55663.qmail@web14107.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: mark.heaton@hp.com cc: ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems loading FreeBSD 5.2 on HP-RX2600 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 02:05:13 -0000 On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 06:23:57PM +0100, Claus Guttesen wrote: > > really do want to install to the disk I get the > > following errors: > > > > ERROR: Unable to write data to disk da0! > > Couldn't make filesystem properly. Aborting. > > I can't help you, I can only verify that I have the > same error as you mention. (Hi Mark :-) The problem is very likely an uninitialized variable in the installer. After the Protective MBR has been written to the disk (this should be verifiable) the function bogusly returns a non-zero value which aborts the operation. Unfortunately there's no work-around for it, other than of course to pre-partition the disk. I have a fix in the pipeline, but it also means I have to build a new snapshot and I really want to test it first :-) This is typically a bug that you normally catch by testing the BETAs and release candidates (RCs). I didn't get any reports and I didn't had a chance to test it myself (I didn't had a spare disk that I could clobber). CALL TO ARMS: to avoid this in the future, we need people who can and will test the BETAs and RCs. At a minimum it should be possible to do an install and end up with a (sufficiently) functioning OS. It doesn't take a lot of work to help out: keep an eye on announcements, download the corresponding ISO image, burn it to CD and perform an install. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net