From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 7 19:57:27 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from www3.pacific-pages.com (www3.pacific-pages.com [192.41.48.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E31537B422 for ; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 19:57:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david@www3.pacific-pages.com) Received: from d.tracker ([216.191.73.86]) by www3.pacific-pages.com (8.8.5) id UAA20557; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 20:56:58 -0600 (MDT) Received: (from david@localhost) by d.tracker (8.11.3/8.11.2) id f382uPx36809; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 22:56:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 22:54:38 -0400 From: David Banning To: Joshua Smith Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error moutning /dev/ad1s1a Message-ID: <20010407225438.C36393@www3.pacific-pages.com> Reply-To: David Banning References: <20010407055036.20798.qmail@nwcst312.netaddress.usa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010407055036.20798.qmail@nwcst312.netaddress.usa.net>; from joshua.ej.smith@usa.net on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 11:50:36PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have installed several times and sometimes got your error for no explainable reason. I couldn't shake the problem, and it happened over again and again. What I recollect doing was using a dos fdisk program to reset the fdisk parameters, then tried again. Not sure how, but it seemed to fix it. > i am trying to install freeBSD 4.2 from the walnut creek cd-rom. i am > following the instructions in The Complete FreeBSD 3rd Edition, step-by-step, > but i am unable to complete the installation. after making all my selections > in sysinstall, when i hit commit it hangs at the message saying that it is > making the first partition on /dev/ad1s1a, and then returns the following > error messages: > > error mounting /dev/ad1s1a on /mnt : invalid argument > unable to mount root file system on /dev/ad1s1a! giving up > the commit operation completed with errors. not updating /etc files > > so i hit alt-F2 to view the errors messages and see: > > [output cut] > > scanning disk ad1 for root file system > scanning disk ad0 for root file system > scanning disk ad1 for swap partitions > scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions > */dev/ad1s1a > BAD SUPER BLOCK : MAGIC NUMBER WRONG > /dev/ad1s1a : INCOMPLETE LABEL : type 4.2BSD fsize 0, frag 0, cpg 0, size > 204800 > > i create a BSD partition in the sysinstall fdisk using the 'a' option and then > setting the bsd partition as bootable (selecting no to making the disk > dangerously dedicated), and then slice up the partition (settings below). i > then select to install the boot mgr, and make all other necessary selections. > the boot mgr is installed (it prompts me when i boot into windoze) > my slices are: > > / 100M UFS Y > swap 512M SWAP > /var 1024M UFS Y > /usr 4065M UFS Y > /usr/local 4065M UFS Y > > my system: > > athlon 850, 256M ram, 32M nvidia geforce 256, soundblast live! platinum, > maxtor udma66 30gig hdd (windoze 98se), maxtor diamondmax udma66 10.2gig > (BSD), pioneer 12x dvd-rom, hp 9310 10x4x32 cd-rw, viewsonic gs790 monitor, > award bios 6.0 on a via771AS motherboard (i can try to provide any other > specifics if needed) > > one of the emails i read suggested using wd instead of ad for the disk name, > but i don't know how to do that (in one of the faq's it said that ad is used > in this version of FreeBSD?!?). > > i would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions. > > also if anyone has experienced setting up X for a nvidia card, i would > appreciate suggestions for that as well, (the website said to use Xfree86_SVGA > as the server and 'nv' for the driver). sorry, i know this has been asked > many times, but i can't find an article on it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message