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From: Yankura David <DGY@hillae.com>
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Subject: More info on install problem
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I've been making some more attempts to install FreeBSD v2.1 on 
my AMD 486/DX4 100MHz system and have come across something 
which might be part or all of the problem.

I tried a <<custom>> installation instead of the <<novice>> one 
and followed this path:

boot from floppy

select custom installation

select allocate disk space from menu

select sd1(no existing partitions) for use by FreeBSD(Seagate 
st3283N 237MB drive w/1691 cyl, 5 hds, and 57 sectors/track 
avg).

select option "A" - use entire disk for FreeBSD(leaving a true 
partition)

This process creates a freebsd partition @ offset 57, size 
485298, named sd1s1 w/flag "C"

I then execute option "W" to save these changes.

I select installation of the booteasy boot mgr.

get msg that fdisk partition info written successfully.

select label allocated disk partitions from menu

select option "A" - Auto defaults for all:

this creates partitions:

sd1s1a	/	32MB	UFS	Y

sd1s1b	<none>	27MB	SWAP

sd1s1e	/var	30MB	UFS	Y

sd1s1f	/usr	147MB	UFS	Y



select option "W" to save these changes - are you sure - YES

get the following msg:

"WARNING! unable to swap to /dev/sd1s1b: device not configured"

"this may cause the installation to fail at some point"

"if you don't have a lot of memory."



I then get another msg:

"Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rsd1a!"

"command returned status 1."



Since my machine only has 8MB ram I wonder if this might be the 
cause of my installation problems.

 If I continue on with the installation I get the error that I 
have reported before during the creation of /bin:



on the console session: "panic: bad dir"

and on the 2nd screen: "/mnt: bad dir ino 157 at offset 677: 
mangled entry"



As I mentioned before the ino# and offset# are different every 
time I try an installation.

I have never seen any msgs like these when I use the <<novice>> 
installation.



Any help or just insight as to what might be going on would be 
greatly appreciated.



David Yankura

dgy@hillae.com