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From: Daniel Fanjul Alcuten <dfanjul@prometeo.cps.unizar.es>
To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: instalando 4.1-RELEASE
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On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Salvo Bartolotta wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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> On 9/9/00, 3:37:00 PM, Daniel Fanjul Alcuten=20
> <dfanjul@prometeo.cps.unizar.es> wrote regarding instalando 4.1-RELEASE:
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> > Hello:
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> > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE and I have troubles.
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> > My computer is a 486 66Mhz with a 402MB hard disk.
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> > My process of instalation is as follows:
> > Custom installation:
> >       Options:
> >               Newfs Args: -b 8192 -f 1024
> >       Partition:
> >               Entire Disk:
> >               Offset 0
> >               Size 402MB
> >               End 824159 (el =FAltimo sector, supongo)
> >               Name ad0s1
> >               PType 3
> >               Desc freebsd
> >               Subtype 165
> >               Flags CA (bootable)
> >       Label :
> >               Automatic:
> >               ad0s1a /      50MB    UFS Y
> >               ad0s1b swap   20MB    SWAP
> >               ad0s1e /var   20MB    UFS Y
> >               ad0s1f /usr  311MB    UFS Y
> >       Distributions:
> >               All software
> >       Media:
> >               FTP
> >       Commit:
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> > After I accept Commit:
> >       Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rad0s1a!
> >       Command returned status 36
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> > And in the debugging window:
> >       DEBUG: Executing command 'newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/rad0s1a'
> >       /dev/rad0s1a: 102400 sectos in 25 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096
> > sectors 50.0MB in 2 cyl groups (16 c/g, 32.00MB/g, 6272 i/g)
> >       super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
> >        32, 65568
> >       cg 0: bad magic number
> >       write error: 0
> >       newfs: wtfs: Read-only file system
> >       sh in free (): warning: malloc () has never been called.
> >       DEBUG: Command 'newfs -b 8192 -f 1024 /dev/rad0s1a' return=20
> status of 36
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> > What is the problem? What does status 36 mean? How can I resolve it?
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> > Thank you.
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> > Bye,
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> > Daniel.
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> Dear Daniel Fanjul Alcuten,
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> Have you received other disk-related [error] messages ?

No, those are all of them.

> I seem to understand that yours is a **hardware** issue.=20
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> Incidentally, a limited number of disk & chipset combinations (AFAIR,=20
> **some** VIA chipsets) do not work in UDMA with the new ata driver.
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> You should provide as many details (your hardware; error messages) as=20
> you can. Someone more knowledgeable may spot your problem -- provided=20
> he or she is online.

My hard disk is a QUANTUM ATA DISK 402MB (I think is about 10 years old or=
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older)

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> <aside>
> However, I am not quite sure that you can fit "All" distributions into=20
> a 402MB disk, ie into a ~ 310MB /usr. **If** I remember rightly (I=20
> installed all the stuff, including X), it took about ~ 500 MB.  =20
> </aside>

OK, If I reduce my distribution to the binaries, the compatibility with
3.x and ports, may it fit?

Thank you very much.

Daniel.=20



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