From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 23 06:10:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA12630 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 06:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Nzambi.qub.ac.uk ([143.117.14.23]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA12565 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 06:09:48 -0700 (PDT) From: U9419829@Queens-Belfast.AC.UK Received: from v2.qub.ac.uk by Nzambi.qub.ac.uk with SMTP (PP); Tue, 23 Jul 1996 13:09:34 +0000 Received: by v2.qub.ac.uk (MX V4.1 VAX) id 7; Tue, 23 Jul 1996 14:09:51 +0100 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 14:09:50 +0100 To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <009A5C29.137091C0.7@v2.qub.ac.uk> Subject: installation problems with bsd 2.1.0 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am trying to install freebsd 2.1 from dos partition since bsd cannot recognise my eide 8x aztech cdrom. I have set the following partitions on my adaptec 4.3 Gb scsi2 hard disks (controller aha-2940 Ultra wide).... 1 Gb dos partition 2 Gb bsd partition (will be mounted on /) 1 Gb bsd partition (will be mounted on /usr) remainder as swap file However, I keep getting the error message whn writing partition information to drive sd0 " sysinstall: read: input/output error panic: Going nowhere without my init! " (the system then reboots) The disk geometry has been set correctly and the kernel recognizes both the scsi host adapter and the hard disk. I cant seem to find what the problem is. Please help if you have any ideas as to the cause. It will be very much appreciated. Paul Woods .