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Date:      Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:59:13 +1100
From:      other@ahhyes.net
To:        <freebsd-xen@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cannot create new partition - Floating exception (core dumped)
Message-ID:  <619188985e867a859fda16b7d530dc30@ahhyes.net>
In-Reply-To: <a91efe65b1ff2989b521d789933e68c5@ahhyes.net>
References:  <a91efe65b1ff2989b521d789933e68c5@ahhyes.net>

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Ok,

The silence is deafening. I'll be filing a PR.

Alex.

On 30.09.2011 11:27, other@ahhyes.net wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I have a Xen HVM VPS and am running a Xen HVM kernel.
>
> vps# uname -a
> FreeBSD vps.mydomain.net 9.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 9.0-BETA3 #0: Mon Sep 26
> 08:20:20 EST 2011
> alex@vps.mydomain.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/custom  amd64
>
> Everytime I try to use sysinstall to create a new partition, it
> crashes with a "Floating exception (core dumped)"
>
> I seem to recall this issue was evident in 8.x as well.
>
> I found this article that explains the problem briefly:
>
> http://deadmemes.net/2011/03/05/freebsd-8-2-hvmxen4-update/
>
> Is there a proper solution??
>
> vps# mount
> /dev/ad0s1a on / (ufs, local)
> /dev/ad0s1e on /tmp (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> /dev/ad0s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates)
> /dev/ad0s1d on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates)
>
> What I would be creating is an ad0s2a partition as there is
> unallocated space left on the drive.
>
> Any suggestions on how to go about creating the extra partition
> without screwing up my install?
>
> Cheers,
> Alex.
>
>
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