From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 26 18:13:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA29109 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:24:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailwall.nwest.mccaw.com (mailwall.attws.com [155.176.34.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA28941 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:23:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jaxley@invernes.nwest.attws.com) Received: from viruswall.entp.attws.com by mailwall.nwest.mccaw.com (8.8.8/AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. V8 version 2) id RAA23162; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com by viruswall.entp.attws.com (8.8.8/AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. V8 version 2) id RAA28485; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:22:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com (8.6.12/McCaw V8 version 1) id RAA14546; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:22:49 -0700 Received: from invernes.nwest.attws.com by nwestmail.nwest.mccaw.com (8.6.12/McCaw V8 version 1) id RAA14543; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:22:49 -0700 Received: from invernes.nwest.attws.com (jaxley@manteador [141.204.86.19]) by invernes.nwest.attws.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA05985 for ; Tue, 26 May 1998 17:22:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199805270022.RAA05985@invernes.nwest.attws.com> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:24:54 -0700 (PDT) From: jason.axley@attws.com Subject: 2.2.6 installation problems creating / slice To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm just now trying to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 on a 6 gig UDMA drive that already has several operating systems on it. I have run into a problem during the install when I'm supposed to create slices on the freebsd partition I just created. If I try to do the Auto configuration option, I get an error that is something like "unable to create root partition. Too big?". If I try to manually create a root slice (even specifying the minimum 20M size) I get a similar error that also says something like "FreeBSD boot code cannot deal with a partition in that location". My hard drive has, of course, physically > 1024 cylinders (geometry is 13328/15/63) but is using LBA mode so the translated geometry is 784/255/63 so there shouldn't be a problem booting off of the partition I created (it starts at translated cylinder 642, or sector 10297665). I have been booting Solaris x86 off that partition for a while now! Anyhow, can anyone clue me in on what I need to do to get FreeBSD installed here and why I'm getting these errors? BTW, was there a definitive answer on *why* FreeBSD cannot be installed on a logical partition? Is this a limitation that applies to all operating systems because of some BIOS limitation or something or is it specific to a particular operating system? Thanks! -Jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message