From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 14 19:07:48 2003 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 163C216A4CE for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:07:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from skippyii.compar.com (webpos.compar.com [216.208.38.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4025743FF2 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:07:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from list_freebsd@skippyii.compar.com) Received: (from list_freebsd@localhost) by skippyii.compar.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id hAF37Kk11396 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:07:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from list_freebsd) Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:07:20 -0500 (EST) From: FreeBSD lists Message-Id: <200311150307.hAF37Kk11396@skippyii.compar.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Unable to make new root filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 03:07:48 -0000 Hi , I m trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a Compaq Deskpro EP series PIII600 with 256Mb RAM 12Gb HDD ..... This is the message that I got : "Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/ad0s1a! Command returned status 36". I tried to change in BIOS from UDMA to PIO-0 PIO-4 EDMA but without luck. Can anybody tell me what can I do to install FreeBSD on this machine ? Sorin Chiorean Network Specialist Computer Partners