From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Oct 10 3: 0: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BCE37B405 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id f9AA02J93549; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200110101000.f9AA02J93549@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: David Malone Subject: Re: i386/31177: FreeBSD 4.4 mkfs on install failed (virtual timer expired) Reply-To: David Malone Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/31177; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone To: Gregor Jasny Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/31177: FreeBSD 4.4 mkfs on install failed (virtual timer expired) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 10:48:04 +0100 On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 01:05:06PM -0700, Gregor Jasny wrote: > If I format my 19GB Partition during the installation-process, > mkfs breaks with sig 29 (virtual timer expired) This is almost certainly due to a bug which was fixed just after 4.4-RELEASE. You can fix the problem by either upgrading to 4.4-STABLE or by changing /usr/src/sys/i386/include/param.h and then building a new kernel. You'll need to edit that file, look for the "#define UPAGES 2" and change the 2 to 3. Then rebuild, reinstall and reboot. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message