From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 00:01:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A79F16A4CE for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 00:01:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ausc60pc101.us.dell.com (ausc60pc101.us.dell.com [143.166.85.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 936BA43D53 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 00:01:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Muthu_T@Dell.com) Received: from ausxicpc104.aus.amer.dell.com (HELO AUSX2KCPC115.aus.amer.dell.com) (10.166.84.69) by ausc60pc101.us.dell.com with ESMTP; 11 May 2004 02:01:00 -0500 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:28:41 +0530 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: 20040502 snapshot + Dell PE3250 Thread-Index: AcQ3JVkK/7C4n4i0T+mMoPGIVQElLg== From: To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 May 2004 06:58:42.0052 (UTC) FILETIME=[64F82C40:01C43725] Subject: 20040502 snapshot + Dell PE3250 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 07:01:01 -0000 Hi, In the AutoPartition method if I do any modification, (like delete the /, and recreate it by pressing 'C' key=20 (or) delete the /usr and create /efi & /usr) Once I press the 'Q' button, there is an error message=20 saying that 'Cannot write to disk da0'.=20 What is the problem? (this stop installing FreeBSD and taking me back to initial Install Menu) But If I do autopartition and press 'Q' button, it works fine.=20 But it doesn't create EFI partition If one is not there. Also=20 it doesn't make entries in the EFI Boot menu. How can I add boot=20 entry to EFI menu? With minimal install I can able to install=20 FreeBSD using AutoPartition but EFI is not there. So I couldn't=20 boot FreeBSD. There is no facility to change the partition types in DiskLabel editor=20 (like toggling the SoftUpdates). I have to delete the partition and I=20 have to recreate it with desired type. So better we can replace it with FDISK=20 For FreeBSD/IA64. If Marcel can create another snapshot( I guess new fixes got into tree) , I can install and contribute further. Anybody is making a document (kind of HOWTO) on Installing/Booting FreeBSD on IA64? Thanks. --T. Muthu Mohan