Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:31:24 -0700 From: "YipKei Kwok" <yipkeikwok@gmail.com> To: "Marcel Moolenaar" <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD IA64 mailing list <freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to write data on disk Message-ID: <f82da4e80612111231lc1b9a52s956e6e2c547fbf92@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5D16BDA5-F070-4F29-A2A7-E2762F44150E@mac.com> References: <f82da4e80612081532n30ed499dge92268dc460283ba@mail.gmail.com> <5D16BDA5-F070-4F29-A2A7-E2762F44150E@mac.com>
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Hi Marcel, I tried FreeBSD 6.1 today, I still get exactly the same error after defining partitions. ERROR: Unable to write data to disk da1! I referred to the errata for 6.1 at the following URL. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.1R/errata.html Here is a similar error, I think, posted. (2006/05/27, updated 2006/06/01) On FreeBSD/alpha, sysinstall(8) sometimes does not allow a disk to be labeled. The disk is presented in sysinstall(8) but actions like Auto do not result in a disklabel being presented. One workaround is to boot the install CD, then select Fixit. From the Fixit# prompt, run disklabel(8) manually. For example: disklabel -rw da1 auto ensures a valid disklabel is written onto da1. Reboot from the install media. sysinstall(8) will now detect a valid disklabel on the disk and allow it to be partitioned to your preference. Although it states that it happens on FreeBSD/alpha, I tried to fix my problem using the same way. After I selected Fixit, I picked option 4 (Start an Emergency Holographic Shell) from the following menu. X Exit Exit this menu 2 CDROM/DVD Use the "live" filesystem CDROM/DVD 3 Floppy Use a floppy generated from the fixit image 4 Shell Start an Emergency Holographic Shell Then, I got the following messages. DEBUG: Doctor: I can't set the controlling terminal. Type ``exit'' in this fixit shell to resume sysinstall sh: can't access tty; job control turned off No matter I tried `disklabel' or `bsdlabel', the following error message was shown. disklabel: not found or, bsdlabel: not found If the solution provided in the errata does not apply on IA-64, that's OK. What I want is to have my disk partitioned and have my Itanium machine installed with FreeBSD. I am looking forward to hear from you. Thank you very much! Regards, Yipkei On 12/8/06, Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2006, at 3:32 PM, YipKei Kwok wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem when installing FreeBSD 5.2 on my HP zx6000 Itanium > > machine. > > If FreeBSD 6.1 is a viable option for you, I would try that instead > of 5.2. The installation problems should have been fixed in 6.1. > > -- > Marcel Moolenaar > xcllnt@mac.com > > > -- Web site: http://360.yahoo.com/yipkeikwok http://www.mcs.csueastbay.edu/~ykwok/ email addresses: yipkeikwok at gmail dot com ykwok2 at utep dot edu ICQ UIN: 2309842 Google Talk ID: yipkeikwok at gmail dot com Yahoo! Messenger ID: yipkeikwok MSN Messenger ID: yipkeikwok at hotmail dot com
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