Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:10:18 -0800 (PST) From: "Matthew X. Economou" <xenophon@irtnog.org> To: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: alpha/61940: Can't disklabel new disk from FreeBSD/alpha 5.2-RELEASE sysinstall Message-ID: <200401271310.i0RDAI4G095850@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR alpha/61940; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Matthew X. Economou" <xenophon@irtnog.org> To: <phk@freebsd.org> Cc: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: alpha/61940: Can't disklabel new disk from FreeBSD/alpha 5.2-RELEASE sysinstall Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 08:04:26 -0500 Hello, I recently tried to install FreeBSD onto a disk that originally contained OpenVMS. The 5.2-RELEASE installer wouldn't let me label the disk, instead returning an error about needing to select a disk with free space. I could label the disk with the 4.8-RELEASE installer (I don't have FreeBSD 4.9 handy or I would have tried it, as well). Other people on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc have reported similar problems with disks formerly containing VMS, as seen in this thread (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=3Den&lr=3D&ie=3DUTF-8&oe=3DUTF-8&thre= adm=3Duwu dolw6q.fsf%40irtnog.org&rnum=3D2&prev=3D/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3D= UTF -8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dfreebsd%2Balpha%2Bdisklabel%2B5.1%26sa%3DN%26tab%3 Dwg). Please also refer to PR alpha/61940. What part of my disk do you need 'dd'ed in order to troubleshoot GEOM, in regards to labeling disks on the Alpha that have never had FreeBSD on them? Alternatively, I can backup my FreeBSD installation and temporarily overwrite it with OpenVMS, if that will help you capture the relevant information. Best wishes, Matthew --=20 Matthew X. Economou <xenophon@irtnog.org> - Unsafe at any clock speed! I'm proud of my Northern Tibetian heritage! (http://www.subgenius.com) "The reason that ed is the standard editor is to remind you that things could be worse, and once were." -- Tim Lavoie in comp.lang.lisp
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