Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:36:43 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: shimon@simon-shapiro.org Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Show Stopper? Failure to Install 19981014 Message-ID: <19981016103643.A5694@Alameda.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981016135802.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>; from Simon Shapiro on Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 01:58:02PM -0400 References: <XFMail.981016124620.shimon@simon-shapiro.org> <XFMail.981016135802.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
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On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 01:58:02PM -0400, Simon Shapiro wrote: > NewsFlash: > > While the release from the 4-oct-1998 has the same error messages, it > installs correctly. Now, will some wise person who knowns what happened in > between help me solve this problem? It has been reported here already several times. Try to commit again, and it probably will work. > > Simon > > Simon Shapiro, On 16-Oct-98 you wrote: > > Hi Yall, > > > > I am installing, from scratch, on a known-to-be-good system, FreeBSD > > 3.0-CURRENT, the snapshot from 14-Oct (compiled here) and getting the > > following error messages during filesystem creation: > > > > [ After newfs lists superblocks ] > > > > newfs: ioctl (WDINFO): cros-device link > > newfs: /mnt/dev/rda0s4a cant rewrite disk label. > > > > The disk is partitioned to have a 64MB DOS slice a 1GB FreeBSD > > slice another 1GB freeBSD slice and a slightly over 2GB FreeBSD > > slice. > > > > There are numerous FreeBSD partitions in each slice. The systme has a > > DPT > > controller driving a RAID-1 array. The very same system (and numerous > > others) are running IDENTICAL hardware with the very same date code > > without > > any sign of this problem. This problem has been confirmed by others and > > is > > very real. > > > > As a reference, 2.2.7 installs and boots. Pre-CAM 3.0 installs and > > boots. > > > > The (excessive) confirmations are an attempt to stem ``Oh, it soes not > > happen here, must be the DPT driver'' comments. I belive it does not > > happen elsewhere but is serious enough for us to post it here in search > > for > > help. We are standing by to do what is needed to make it work. > > > > If you feel like chatting, I am at 770.794.1513 > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG > > 770.265.7340 > > Simon Shapiro > > > > Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > > > Sincerely Yours, Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG > 770.265.7340 > Simon Shapiro > > Unwritten code has no bugs and executes at twice the speed of mouth > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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