From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 19 09:07:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 473F216A4CE for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 09:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 510F943D39 for ; Wed, 19 May 2004 09:07:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) i4JG6MDv052221 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Wed, 19 May 2004 18:06:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i4JG5PUi047760 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 19 May 2004 18:05:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4JG5P23061525; Wed, 19 May 2004 18:05:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i4JG5OVS061524; Wed, 19 May 2004 18:05:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 18:05:23 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Jean-Francois Gobin Message-ID: <20040519160523.GX70900@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <005c01c43d21$d6c3ae60$6a0aa8c0@sassie.net> <20040519130709.Q77039@ns> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040519130709.Q77039@ns> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.2-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Report: * -4.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0000] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on cicely12.cicely.de cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 4.9 on AlphaServer 1000a/400 X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:07:10 -0000 On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 01:07:44PM +0200, Jean-Francois Gobin wrote: > Hmmmm ... > > Can you compare the geometry values as given by Redhat and by the > partitionning tool of freebsd ? This is not a PC => no Geomtry hassles. > On Tue, 18 May 2004, M Gollihue wrote: > > > Hello, all! > > > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 on an AlphaServer 1000a/400/256Mb. It > > gets through the initial configuration just fine, however, upon getting to > > the place where it attempts to download from FTP...it downloads the first 10 > > blocks of the distribution then stops. The error message on VTY2 says > > "Attempt to write beyond the end of the drive." Either your partition really is larger than the drive or there are issues with your mylex. > > I have a Mylex 960 card with two 9Gb drives attached, partitioned 6Gb > > data/1Gb swap/1Gb temp. Anyone else experience this problem? The system > > works fine under Red Hat. AFAIK the 960 can't handle drives with sizes greater than 8G and some firmware revisions even with drives >2G, but I'm not shure with it. Have this drives ever been in use with this controller? -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd@bwct.de info@bwct.de