From owner-freebsd-ia64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 20:49:56 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C3AF16A4B3 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:49:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yipkeikwok@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.225]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DFC441DE for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:30:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yipkeikwok@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id i11so835931nzh for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:31:25 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=GDLstA3RDy7Dv1F6qUSJmklJmtWy66QAcO7WeISdYr48I5xCI/bahPdrVanahRvwVcqtTvlygRsfEL3fwc4Iv254C7CNGrzAfrj72Ba84/OBe9qmEQHS2bymQHFUFAA/NduxOMUjmUBjcV7bGkVGNYSXatb3TcGLS6fW56ppD6w= Received: by 10.64.242.5 with SMTP id p5mr11639653qbh.1165869084448; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:31:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.97.3 with HTTP; Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:31:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:31:24 -0700 From: "YipKei Kwok" To: "Marcel Moolenaar" In-Reply-To: <5D16BDA5-F070-4F29-A2A7-E2762F44150E@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5D16BDA5-F070-4F29-A2A7-E2762F44150E@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD IA64 mailing list Subject: Re: Unable to write data on disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the IA-64 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:49:56 -0000 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 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