From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 18 22:02:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35CFB16A501 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:02:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail-relay4.mirrorimage.net (mail-relay4.mirrorimage.net [209.58.140.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E4A43D2F for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:02:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@keyslapper.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.10.4.59]) by mail-relay4.mirrorimage.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 3327569265; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:02:19 -0500 (EST) Received: by localhost (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:02:53 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:02:53 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041118220253.GC5086@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "David E. Meier" References: <2004.217.162.71.141.1100813306.squirrel@217.162.71.141> <20041118214625.GP3996@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20041118214625.GP3996@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: "David E. Meier" Subject: Re: Unable to create the partition. Too big? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:02:20 -0000 On 11/18/04 03:46 PM, Nathan Kinkade sat at the `puter and typed: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 10:28:26PM +0100, David E. Meier wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > I am trying to custom partition my 73GB SCSI hard drive using 5.3. When I > > first create the partions using the Auto Default option I get the > > following table: > > > > amrd0s1a / 256MB UFS2 Y > > amrd0s1b swap 2022MB SWAP > > amrd0s1d /tmp 256MB UFS2+S Y > > amrd0s1e /var 256MB UFS2+S Y > > amrd0s1g /usr 67085MB UFS2+S Y > > > > OK, so far so good but I want bigger /, /tmp and /var partitions. So I > > deleted them and recreated them to the following: > > > > amrd0s1b swap 2022MB SWAP > > amrd0s1a / 512MB UFS2 Y > > amrd0s1d /tmp 512MB UFS2+S Y > > amrd0s1e /var 1024MB UFS2+S Y > > > > Now, I just cannot create the /usr partition. If fails with: "Unable to > > create the partition. Too big?" Although the top line tells me there is > > 65805MB left which is less than the auto created partition... > > > > Bug or am I missing here something? Thanks. Dave > > This isn't an answer to your question, but I have witnessed this > behvior in the past, probably as far back 4.8. The only way I was ever > able to get around it was to manually partition the whole thing. > Modifying the auto-created partitions never seemed to work, and I got > the same errors as you. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to designate 5 or > 6 partitions manually. I don't know, but I would suspect that this is > some type of bug or limitation in the program. I hope somebody else has > a better answer. > > Nathan > -- > PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49 I came in a little late here, but did you delete and recreate all the partitions, including the swap? Try deleting everything, THEN creat your /, swap, /tmp, /var, and /usr in that order - just use the remaining space for your /usr/partition and see how big it comes out. It should be in the 65800MB range. Also, when you specify the size of a partition like the swap, use the GB unit (2G). I don't remember the details of why this might be better, but I've not had any problems creating partitions in excess of 65G. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ well-adjusted, adj.: The ability to play bridge or golf as if they were games.