Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 17:11:31 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Can't install 3.4-Stable in the second partition of a small IDE drive ! Message-ID: <C1256889.0058F2DA.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>
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Hello,
I have just downloaded the latest, greatest -Stable (18-feb-00) and I can't get it to load as the second BSD version on my machine.
I have a specific partitioning scheme :
******* Working on device /dev/rwd0 *******
parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
cylinders=827 heads=32 sectors/track=63 (2016 blks/cyl)
parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
cylinders=827 heads=32 sectors/track=63 (2016 blks/cyl)
Media sector size is 512
Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1
Information from DOS bootblock is:
The data for partition 1 is:
sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
start 63, size 100737 (49 Meg), flag 80 (active)
beg: cyl 0/ sector 1/ head 1;
end: cyl 49/ sector 63/ head 31
The data for partition 2 is:
sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
start 100800, size 100800 (49 Meg), flag 0
beg: cyl 50/ sector 1/ head 0;
end: cyl 99/ sector 63/ head 31
The data for partition 3 is:
sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD)
start 201600, size 1465632 (715 Meg), flag 0
beg: cyl 100/ sector 1/ head 0;
end: cyl 826/ sector 63/ head 31
The data for partition 4 is:
<UNUSED>
That is : two root partitions at the beginning of the drive, then a big slice where I have one 40Meg-swap, two 20M-/var and then two /usr partitions.
I have already installed 4.0 -Current from 14/feb in this manner :
pc-bsd103# mount
/dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local, writes: sync 12 async 69, reads: sync 242 async 9)
/dev/ad0s3g on /usr (ufs, local, writes: sync 6 async 143, reads: sync 726 asyn)
/dev/ad0s3e on /var (ufs, local, writes: sync 89 async 158, reads: sync 28 asyn)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local)
Now, when I try to install 3.4's root partition in wd0s2, the install program complains : "this region canot be used for your root partition...please choose another location"
I have already fallen into the "1024 cylinders" problem, but it is not applicable here (the whole disk is 827-cylinder-large - note : the ata driver in the dmesg sees the disk as a 1654/16/63 beast).
So : what can be done to overcome this surprising limitation ?
TfH
PS : here is the -Current dmesg :
Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 4.0-20000214-CURRENT #0: Fri Feb 18 12:51:31 CET 2000
herbelot@pc-bsd103.val9900.telspace.alcatel.fr:/usr/src/sys/compile/P5-ep
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 74539122 Hz
CPU: Pentium/P54C (74.54-MHz 586-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x526 Stepping = 6
Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
config> q
avail memory = 29999104 (29296K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc029c000.
Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc029c09c.
Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug
md0: Malloc disk
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
lnc0: <PCNet/PCI Ethernet adapter> port 0xfce0-0xfcff mem 0xfedffc00-0xfedffc1f
irq 9 at device 8.0 on pci0
lnc0: PCnet-PCI II address 08:00:09:bb:26:57
lnc0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
vga-pci0: <S3 Trio graphics accelerator> mem 0xfe000000-0xfe7fffff at device 13.
0 on pci0
isab0: <Intel 82371FB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 15.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
ata-pci0: <Intel PIIX ATA controller> port 0xfcd0-0xfcdf at device 15.1 on pci0
ata0 at 0x01f0 irq 14 on ata-pci0
devclass_alloc_unit: lnc0 already exists, using next available unit number
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
atkbdc0: <keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60-0x6f on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lnc1: not probed (disabled)
ep0: <3Com 3C509-Combo EtherLink III> at port 0x280-0x28f irq 5 on isa0
ep0: Ethernet address 00:60:08:78:98:cb
ad0: 814MB <WDC AC2850F> [1654/16/63] at ata0-master using PIO3
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
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