From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 11:16:44 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E311B16A4CE for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:16:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from skippyii.compar.com (mail2.compar.com [216.208.38.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A555043F3F for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 11:16:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from list_freebsd@compar.com) Received: from sorin (nat.compar.com [216.208.38.137]) by skippyii.compar.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id hAHJGFd96531; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:16:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from list_freebsd@compar.com) Message-Id: <200311171916.hAHJGFd96531@skippyii.compar.com> From: "Sorin Chiorean" To: , Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:16:12 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Thread-Index: AcOtP0MgrhwxMnXQSdamVptA239lPQ== Subject: Re: Unable to make new root filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: sorin@compar.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:16:45 -0000 First I tried to use all the HDD in a single slice and I made only a partition mounted on " / " with a swap partition(512MB). I tried "Auto defaults" to create partitions too. Then I made a small DOS partition (500MB) and I used the rest of HDD (12Gb) for FreeBSD but I ended up having the same error. Anyway, I gave up on this old machine after I spent many hours with it. I installed FreeBSD on another machine and of course everything worked perfect. If somebody had the same error as me please let me know how did you pass it. Sorin Chiorean Network Specialist Computer Partners -----Original Message----- From: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com [mailto:lowell@be-well.no-ip.com] On Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:58 PM To: FreeBSD lists Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to make new root filesystem FreeBSD lists writes: > I m trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a Compaq Deskpro EP series PIII600 with 256Mb RAM 12Gb HDD ..... > This is the message that I got : "Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/ad0s1a! Command returned status 36". > I tried to change in BIOS from UDMA to PIO-0 PIO-4 EDMA but without luck. > Can anybody tell me what can I do to install FreeBSD on this machine ? The BIOS settings for access are unlikely to be relevant. More likely, something is confused in the disk layout area. Is the BIOS using LBA? What type of install were you trying to use? How did you try to partition the disk?