From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 14:46:56 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C59106566C for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:46:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8C9E8FC1D for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:46:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([10.0.1.29]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:34:51 +0100 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id n07EYoUU012598; Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:34:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:34:50 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20090107143450.GA12360@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <2b5f066d0901070525l3b928eb8j20fe48c67eeacba6@mail.gmail.com> <20090107151702.48136fb1.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20090107151702.48136fb1.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jan 2009 14:34:51.0488 (UTC) FILETIME=[197F2E00:01C970D5] Cc: Brian McCann , freebsd-questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB Install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:46:56 -0000 El día Wednesday, January 07, 2009 a las 03:17:02PM +0100, Polytropon escribió: > On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:25:45 -0500, "Brian McCann" wrote: > > Hi all. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.1 off the CD to a USB thumb > > drive, but every time I try it fails. sysinstall says "Unable to make > > new root filesystem on /dev/da0s1a1. Command returned status 38". > > When I switch to the debug console, I get "cg 0: bad magic number". > > This thumb drive was being used on my Windows machine previously, then > > I re-formatted it as UFS to use it on a FreeBSD machine...so I know > > the thumb drive itself works. Can someone shed some light on this > > problem? > > I could only suggest to eliminate all slices and partitions on the > thumb drive (such as it was a new "disk" right from the factory) > and let sysinstall put slice and partitions onto it. The problem is that 'from the factory' sometimnes they come already Windows-like formated; I've wiped out all with: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=1m (double check that /dev/da0 is really the device you want to clean) matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ SPAMer of the year: Subject: Alle Software ist Deutsche Sprachen >From: -40 % die Neujahrsaktion