Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:09:03 GMT From: Chris Stenton <chris@stenton.me.uk> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: i386/143082: Unable to install 8.0-RELEASE on Dell 2950 with perc 5i controller Message-ID: <201001221209.o0MC93Qu073513@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201001221210.o0MCA46N016396@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 143082 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Unable to install 8.0-RELEASE on Dell 2950 with perc 5i controller >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 22 12:10:04 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Chris Stenton >Release: 8.0-RELEASE >Organization: Backlogs Ltd >Environment: unable to provide - see description >Description: Doing a standard install from 8.0-RELEASE CD. Get as far as having defined the slices with mount points and then pressing the finish key. The install process then comes back immediately and terminates with Unable to find device node /dev/mfid0s1b which is the swap slice. Doing the exact same install on the same machine from a 7.2-RELEASE CD I had no problem. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Had to install 7.2-RELEASE >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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