From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 01:00:31 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441E616A41F for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:00:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB4C043D46 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:00:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAC10Usm046780 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:00:30 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id jAC10UcB046775; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:00:30 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:00:30 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200511120100.jAC10UcB046775@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, David Kirchner Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E675A16A422 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:52:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3E4043D45 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:52:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAC0qZfC038632 for ; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:52:35 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jAC0qZl4038631; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:52:35 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200511120052.jAC0qZl4038631@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 00:52:35 GMT From: David Kirchner To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 Cc: Subject: bin/88872: [2TB] Error 36 while sysinstall tries to create / partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:00:31 -0000 >Number: 88872 >Category: bin >Synopsis: [2TB] Error 36 while sysinstall tries to create / partition >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 12 01:00:29 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: David Kirchner >Release: 6.0-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: 6.0-RELEASE install from CD on a server with a 4TB RAID5. >Description: This server has a 3ware 9500S-12 card with 12 400GB SATA drives in a RAID5 configuration of approximately 4TB. sysinstall's slice editor and partition editor both properly recognize the size as ~800 billion blocks, however the slice editor complains about the geometry (constantly). The label configuration requested during sysinstall was: / 36GB swap 2048MB The remainder of the slice was unused. When sysinstall reaches the stage where it is to do the newfs, it fails with error 36. The console on Alt-F2 states: newfs: wtfs: 512 bytes at sector 67108863: Input/output error. Might be related to kern/79251 but as I'm not using GEOM (unless the installer is using GEOM) I'm filing a different bug. >How-To-Repeat: Try to install FreeBSD 6.0 from CD. At the slice editor screen choose "dangerously dedicated" (keys: F N S) At the disklabel editor create 1 36GB / partition and 1 2048MB swap partition Choose your install media (we use a local FTP server) After "Last Chance" screen you'll get the error. >Fix: No fix presents itself. It appears to be impossible to install on this system. It's been suggested that gpt can be used to partition the disk, but gpt gives "Unknown error: 0" when you try to run "gpt create". That'll go in a separate PR. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: