Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 16:17:33 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't label anything from within sysinstall Message-ID: <200505191617.34019.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20050519200556.GA3994@galgenberg.net> References: <20050519200556.GA3994@galgenberg.net>
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On Thursday 19 May 2005 04:05 pm, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Hello folks, > > I have access to an Alpha 164SX now and tried to install 5.4 RELEASE > onto it. I hooked up an IDE drive and the install is booted from a SCSI > CDROM hooked up to an Adaptec 2940UW controller. > > Everything is coming up fine, however, choosing a standard install > represents me with the disk label editor and there are no disks from > which I can choose. > > I did hook up a very old SCSI disk and was presented with a choice > between ad0 and da0, but the label editor was just as empty. > > Just like this > FreeBSD Disklabel Editor > > Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs > ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- > > > The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): > C =3D Create D =3D Delete M =3D Mount pt. > N =3D Newfs Opts Q =3D Finish S =3D Toggle SoftUpdates Z =3D Custo= m Newfs > T =3D Toggle Newfs U =3D Undo A =3D Auto Defaults R =3D Delet= e+Merge > > Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select. > > pressing some buttons then resulted in a signal 11 when I hit 'R' > > qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq Message qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq > A signal 11 was caught - I'm saving what I can and shutting > down. If you can reproduce the problem, please turn Debug on > in the Options menu for the extra information it provides > in debugging problems like this. > qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq(100%)qq > [ OK ] > > running bsdlabel from the fixit shell worked just as it is supposed to, > but I had to > export EDITOR=3D/dist/rescue/vi > and the '*' special keyword works perfectly for offset, but not for > size. It will give a partition extends past end of unit error. > > However, I can't set any mountpoints and I don't want to install by > hand. So, what's up with sysinstall? Horribly broken? > > Ulrich Sp=F6rlein Use 'bsdlabel auto' from the fixit to stick an initial label on the disk, t= hen=20 reboot and sysinstall will be able to work with your disk. =2D-=20 John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" =3D http://www.FreeBSD.org
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