From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 18 01:55:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5554DF for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:55:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com (nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com [217.146.183.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 505BE8FC0C for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [217.146.183.210] by nm7.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2012 01:55:45 -0000 Received: from [77.238.184.72] by tm3.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2012 01:55:45 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp141.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Dec 2012 01:55:45 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1355795745; bh=7x+U4E0PPHLU3LoA846ZvwKDgWJHE0O7QaX1o+5jXik=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=oc/Qn814phHe5v+T9Im1Eg44or5ZHVYnfhBEMdaBrTrV7RsHTnQ/fpMh2H756aYfI8as8UDEBP3RPkxeAfUkQY1kVwr6e+FtIOaqCALhWWQUZAqe61cdt9+nv1v2+bY2g3FIVMsvpGClXPeGq2aGiY2NubIJdVTmkjj50ZyjRb0= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 598320.89980.bm@smtp141.mail.ukl.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: oefnPJoVM1nWx_Jj4XXv0Yg8._.PGPP7WRRPLOKidQAOWDz DpP6JhVDnOmopPYfRV6L4dELytfEyWgdP8RSEQtq1NJ_K9jqZeRBK4TdwExi 0Vt1buW4e96nhaSrw_ki7BrrUibWa8.BcXGgg_U0ziEbf5D6EEAASMvmAYgI lY8MVaEz7wOQxnMztLZQ44Q2XmIF7XmjsFFt3z3aTprn7nvVbK7LKJxVm3aA N2TsXi_9xrh754BobuL5bkxae3s8Ha5wYWjFJyxkfqkEOqQPX3Dq6MxRYS.m aUszMC4VoyvAQDFTH16X.woRYOQQC7ia1kWN8zCtwiKrIemGCcD_38beIZ__ cH.l2thXzkfVsU_ZyeudX_Gl.mRXnx9cuDe9m9szbHfO.7hZi1gDXPPWB106 qBtwhIxI6Abvc64Wc2nkJ2Vn.6gu8VcJoeJncvg-- X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [92.231.6.189] (ralf.mardorf@92.231.6.189 with login) by smtp141.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2012 01:55:45 +0000 GMT Message-ID: <1355795745.2478.282.camel@q> Subject: Re: Partitioning - please not that again From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:55:45 +0100 In-Reply-To: References: <1355702700.2452.32.camel@q> <20121217021723.35457dbd.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 01:55:52 -0000 Several trials failed, but perhaps the kind of issues do lead to the cause. I'll describe one trial. Power on -> Enter to boot -> Shell -> # sysinstall -> Standard -> set up MBR partition -> ada0 -> keep geometry: yes -> Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags 0 63 62 - 12 unused 0 63 121274433 1212574495 ada0s1 8 freebsd 165 121274496 250 121274745 - 12 unused 0 121274746 503862599 625137344 ada0s2 4 ext.DOS 5 625137345 5103 625142447 - 12 unused 0 Q = Finish -> Boot manager: None -> For other trials I also used W instead of Q and/or I deleted and created ada0s1. I always get: "Disc slicing warning: chunk ´ada0s2´ [121274746..625137344] does not start on track boundary" ok --> ok -> create BSD partition: ok -> Disk: ada0 Partition name: adaos1 Free: 121274433 blocks (59216MB) (No Entries before) A = Auto Defaults -> Part Mount Size Newfs ada0s1a / 1024MB UFS2 Y ada0s1b swap 4096MB SWAP ada0s1d /var 7916MB UFS2+S Y ada0s1e /tmp 1024MB UFS2+S Y ada0s1f /usr 45156MB UFS2+S Y If I chose Create instead of Auto, there aren't enough MB available, I can chose Auto and than R (delete + merge), than there's enough space to continue with Create. For this trial I only used Auto. -> Q = Finish -> 6 Averaged User -> en Doc -> Port collection: Yes -> ok -> 1 CD/DVD -> "Message: Couldn't create directory /dist: Read-only file system" -> ok -> "Message: Error mounting /dev/cd0 on /dist: No such file or directory (2)" ok -> Adjust media configuration: yes -> Options -> Nothing edited -> Q(uit) -> Cancel -> "Installation...with some errors" (IOW no installation ;) -> ok -> Exit install -> # exit (Exit shell, back to installer) -> I continued this trial with the regular installer. Install -> Keymap..., Hostname..., [*] doc games lib32 ports [ ] src -> Partitioning: Manual -> ada0s1 57GB BSD -> Auto -> ada0 ok -> Partition (not entire Disk) -> Add Partition Type: freebsd Size: 2551kB Mountpoint *?* continuing didn't work Regards, Ralf