From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 11 23:05:14 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id XAA08502 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:05:14 -0800 Received: from estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.42.147]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA08496 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:05:13 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by estienne.cs.berkeley.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA11878; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:05:09 -0800 Message-Id: <199503120705.XAA11878@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: estienne.cs.berkeley.edu: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Joe Lowe cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't install file system In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 11 Mar 1995 18:06:02 CST." Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 23:05:08 -0800 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I have tried several different ways to install free BSD from the Walnut Creek >CD-ROM. My latest attempt is on a 500 M.B. partition on a 1.7 gig SCSI drive. > >After I run Disklabel and Proceed to install, I get the following error >message: Exec(/stand/newfs)failed code=5888. > >Also the DOS partition showed up on "g" instead of "h" as per the docs. > >I have tried three different times to install BSD, and rebuilding my entire >disk is getting REAL old. > >Any suggestions besides returning the disk for a refund??? > >Thanks, >Joe > It sounds like you have extended translation turned on for your controller, but haven't told FreeBSD about it. In the install program, when you Fdisk the drive, tell FreeBSD the translation your controller is useing. It should be in the manual for your controller. -- Justin T. Gibbs ============================================== TCS Instructional Group - Programmer/Analyst 1 Cory | Po | Danube | Volga | Parker | Torus ==============================================