Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 21:30:07 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "Thomas P. Holmes [ Systems ]" <tholmes@thebiz.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: disk slices Message-ID: <20011205213007.A5911@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112051518500.47020-100000@staff.noc.thebiz.net>; from tholmes@thebiz.net on Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 03:25:47PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112051518500.47020-100000@staff.noc.thebiz.net>
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On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 03:25:47PM -0500, Thomas P. Holmes [ Systems ] wrote: > I've searched the archieve but I'm not 100% sure so I thought I would ask. > > I just did a fresh install of 4.4-Release throught the net using the > floppy boot disks. When the drive was partitioned is created: > > /dev/da0a / > /dev/da0b swap > /dev/da0e /var > /dev/da0f /usr > > Now I have a 4.3-RElease machine that I made world on to upgrade to > 4.4-release and that is partitioned > > /dev/da0s1a / > /dev/da0s1b swap > /dev/da0s1e /var > /dev/da0s1f /usr > > Did the "slicing" change from 4.3 to 4.4? > > So this is the message I found that was some what related, I just wanted > to double check before I try to put this box into production. The mail from Drew explains why Theo's box did not want to boot. Does your box boot? > >> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:55:52 -0400 (EDT) > >> From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> > >> To: Theo Purmer (Tepucom) <theo@mail.tepucom.nl> > >> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: Re: error booting after install on compaq ds20 > >> Message-ID: <15218.49304.948837.16618@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> > >> In-Reply-To: <200108080813.KAA33566@mail.tepucom.nl> > >> References: <200108080813.KAA33566@mail.tepucom.nl> > > >> How did you lay out your disk paritions? FreeBSD's root (/) fs must be > >> in the "a" partition, and the "a" partition must be the first one on > >> the disk. Also, you must use a BSD disklabel and no fdisk slices (eg, > >> root is /dev/da0a and not /dev/da0s1a). -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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