From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 10 04:22:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D343106568B for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:22:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pldrouin@pldrouin.net) Received: from smtp.cyberfingers.net (smtp.cyberfingers.net [198.177.254.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B0EC8FC1A for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:22:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.107] (CPE0023695b905f-CM001a666aca96.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.246.67.95]) by smtp.cyberfingers.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2647BAB6C64 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 23:19:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B72348E.3000008@pldrouin.net> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:22:38 -0500 From: Pierre-Luc Drouin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4B70C1F8.8090809@pldrouin.net> <20100209022039.GE4648@cesium.hyperfine.info> <4B70C851.9010604@pldrouin.net> <201002091608.24051.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <4B71D0C3.5040907@pldrouin.net> In-Reply-To: <4B71D0C3.5040907@pldrouin.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.0 i386 unable to boot... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:22:41 -0000 About this problem, I have seen that in the past there have been problem with libdisk when a WinXP partition had an invalid name. Could it be something like that that could be causing this error? I guess the problem occurs somewhere in the Open_Disk function of libdisk, right? Should I be able to get around this problem by installing through a PC-BSD CD instead? I have never tried PC-BSD. Does their installer rely on libdisk at all? Thanks! Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: > Daniel O'Connor wrote: >> On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: >> >>> After doing some more research, it seems that I am having the same >>> problem than described by this person: >>> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=4502 >>> >> >> So you get the same "file system full" message and then a panic about >> init? >> > yes exactly. I currently have 4 20GB partitions/slices on that drive > 1: Win XP fat32 > 2: Old FreeBSD installation > 3: FAT32 > 4: Empty UFS2 >> >>> however I really don't understand why I would need to move partitions >>> around to allow the installer to even start? This machine has 2GB of >>> RAM which I guess should be plenty enough to start the installer >>> without swapping... The hard drive is a 80GB WD IDE drive. The >>> machine is not configured to use any RAID. >>> >> >> It is pretty odd, I've installed FreeBSD on a laptop with 60Gb >> partitions and FreeBSD was last yet it worked fine.. >> >> > This is the first time I see that kind of warning as well although I > have been using it for about 10 years... >