Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:34:33 -0600 (CST) From: Dave Waddell <waddell@POSC.org> To: Jon Cargille <jcargill@cs.wisc.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: installation problem (2.0): exec failed? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.950213093235.2283E-100000@sys14> In-Reply-To: <9502090430.AA04848@grilled.cs.wisc.edu>
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I had the same problem with a DOS partition on the first part of the disk. The only solution I had was to dedicate the whole disk to FreeBSD. I concluded it was due to the disk sector translation scheme. On Wed, 8 Feb 1995, Jon Cargille wrote: > > Has anyone run across this sort of installation problem before? > > Someone I know says he got the following error (followed by a reboot) > after fdisk/disklabelling, and proceeding with the installation: > > exec(stand/newfs) failed code=5888. > > Here's his system description: > > >Platform : > > 486/80 + 16MB Ram > > 1542b adaptec with a 1.6G Micropolis > > single speed mitsumi :( > > IDE with 1.6G Microp > > > >FreeBSD is intended to go onto partition 2 of the SCSI (ie sda2 in linux > >terms). The German Linux is on sda1 > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks a lot, > > Jon > ========================================================================== | Dave Waddell | Disclaimer - I don't even speak for myself | | waddell@posc.org | | | kb5wxe@kb5wxe.ampr.org | + 1 713 267 5103 | ==========================================================================
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