From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 19: 4: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from matrix.buckhorn.net (matrix.buckhorn.net [208.129.165.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C6437BAAF for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 19:04:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@buckhorn.net) Received: from buckhorn.net (nebula.buckhorn.net [208.129.165.66]) by matrix.buckhorn.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA95634; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 21:01:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from bob@buckhorn.net) Message-ID: <39614608.303A5D6F@buckhorn.net> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 21:03:52 -0500 From: Bob Martin Organization: InterNet Unlimited X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Kim J. Brand" , FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 References: <3.0.1.32.20000703012958.00755990@192.168.0.1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Kim J. Brand" wrote: > > after selecting every default choice in the partitioning and slicing of a > new 10.2 GB WD HD, the install failes with an error message saying it > couldn't swap to /dev/ad0s1... > > i changed the hard drive to a smaller 6.4 GB drive and it works. > > i searched the archives and found some references to large hard drives in > LBA mode. i didn't notice a selection for that in the setup. but what i > found allowed me to believe it should work. > > is there an option i'm missing? > > thanks, > > kim We just ran into the same problem. It has to be a magic number thing. If you look at the diagnostic screen, you'll find that your system thinks the drive size is astronomical. (I never did the math, but we are talking 100s of gigs here.) We found 2 work arounds. Load 3.x and upgrade, or manually correct the disk label. We let the bios auto detect the drive, and used LBA mode. Bob -- "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -- Albert Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message