Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 14:06:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: GENE DINKEY <gene_dinkey@hp.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Slice size larger than disk size during install? Message-ID: <20000710140615.A18656@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313EC@xfc04.fc.hp.com> References: <F341E03C8ED6D311805E00902761278C5313EC@xfc04.fc.hp.com>
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On Sunday, 9 July 2000 at 7:40:32 -0700, GENE DINKEY wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 on a P90 w/ 24MB RAM. I'm using the boot > floppies, the first time I went through the installation the only problem I > had was a loose cable on the back of the cdrom (probably happened while I > was moving the system) that caused the package installation to abort. I > didn't have any problems slicing out the HDD or anything like that. > > After I rebooted I can boot off of the floppies but when I try to load the > install it tries to read the HDD then says "slice size larger than disk > size", gives a few numbers (slice Vs disk and such) We need to see them. > and then panics out "Not going anywhere without init". > > The only thing I can think of is that I chose to dedicate the whole > disk to BSD (it's a 800MB HDD and I don't plan on using any other > OS's on the system)... Nope, that's what most of us do. We need more input. Numbers, for example, and messages. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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