Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 09:31:52 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Eugene Aleynikov <eugene@lioninc.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905250930410.447-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <3749ECA0.3CF0ABD3@lioninc.com>
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On Mon, 24 May 1999, Eugene Aleynikov wrote: > Hi! > > I'm very disappointed that i cant install FreeBSD on my Alpha Station > 200 > I can succesfully install openbsd and linux but freebsd disklabel says: > da0: rejecting BSD label: raw partition offset != slice offset > da0: start 0, end 4178873, size 4178873 > da0c: start 2046000, end 2045999, size 0 > > I cant mount fixit floppy because i dont have 2.8Mb floppy drive. > (i was booting boot and mfsroot floppies). > > I dont have emergency shell ot vty4. > > Fdisk shows valid freebsd partition. > Disklabel shows nothing even if i define slices with openbsd installer. > > I tried almost anything with disklabel - doesnt help. > > > SCSI - NCR 810. > Disc - UNISYS U1545 (2Gb). > > Problem exists in 3.1 and in 3.2 RELEASE. > > > What can i do for you to help to fix that problem? > I have strong C experience, and i'm using FreeBSD since 1.0.5-RELEASE. Exactly which version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? Does the sysinstall program run and if so, can you try deleting the partitions and re-creating them in the label editor of sysinstall. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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