From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 17:04:08 2010 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 069ED1065670 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:04:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mubeeshalivm@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA6B8FC17 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:04:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywt2 with SMTP id 2so344634ywt.13 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:04:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=rGh5iD0lptLTRqWjAKbbl/6z6RQevy5riXNziJQYfKo=; b=T2XzoHxNpuhRElaRP4dAeipk2eKEo0oL7BSmgK/fbUx1ttqLBPpMBLsHdWy0hKSkhk mW/4IJ/tZZ1KAHf1bN3EUTQQqXU6zuqDBmLqTKk7cBwLXyyOQnONsmqvCizDoVNiRq4w JqGRYUvxXrEX5JNiWetYIXr/MyDJiTaEramDI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=qmgz9e0kcafkZlHn5bShi1QG/gO2QajufpCNTHNaqYuwy/35jgfEAi0MZa246uRz/w uouH4LpAj7TQ9zaU6kgOxbn5HpP2WrszH47BfnLqs7xqaZTS454awwfr6bG87LDBltLX iN1x8TwghlK8Kb5ifHwd7fuFlHM6YDRC5Ya2I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.151.14.8 with SMTP id r8mr8763656ybi.398.1282755844400; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:04:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.166.141 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:04:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:34:02 +0530 Message-ID: From: Mubeesh ali To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: chunk 'ad1s4 ;ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary : install issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:04:08 -0000 Hi , I am trying to install freebsd on a acer 5745. I have allocated 50 gb of free space and i select it for free bsd slice . but in the next screen i get these error chunk 'ad1s4 ;ad1s2 ,ad1s3 does not start on a track boundary and free bsd defaults to using entire hardisk. the problem is there is some sort of a 128 mb reserved partition in HDD (as shown from windows) which i fear shouldnt be formatted (I used entire disk option last time and system got stuck in bios splash ;had to send the lappy for service after that; just got the laptop back :-)) Please advise. thanks, Mubeesh