From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 19 18:17:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA23243 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:17:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA23234 Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:16:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA11601; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 12:48:12 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199512200218.MAA11601@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Installation trouble...Please help To: lray@aurora.liunet.edu Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 12:48:12 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <95121914243820@aurora.liunet.edu> from "lray@aurora.liunet.edu" at Dec 19, 95 02:24:38 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk lray@aurora.liunet.edu stands accused of saying: > I installed a 20 meg DOS partition on the SCSI so FreeBSD can figure > out the geometry of the disk (as I read in the FAQ). I then booted > form the boot floppy, selected Novice Installation, and made the appropriate > partitions and filesystems (/,/var,/usr,swap). > > When the installation starts, I get: > "Couldn't make filesystems properly. Aborting." > > If I press control-f2 I see the message: > DEBUG: Scanning disk wd0 for root filesystem > DEBUG: Scanning disk sd0 for root filesystem > DEBUG: Scanning disk wd0 for swap filesystem > DEBUG: Scanning disk sd0 for swap filesystem > pid 5: sh: uid 0: exited on signal 11 You appear to have hardware problems; possibly memory, cache or disk controller. > Can anyone help me understand exactly what these messages mean and what I'm > doing wrong? If so, please write. The shell (sh) was killed because it caused a segmentation violation, most likely because it was corrupted. > L.Ray -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[