From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 01:01:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6147116A418 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:01:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from tower.berklix.org (tower.berklix.org [83.236.223.114]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C410B13C459 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:01:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A5CE2.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.92.226]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lB611NtN039114; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:01:24 GMT (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (fire.js.berklix.net [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB611X7G041681; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:01:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@berklix.org) Received: from fire.js.berklix.net (localhost.js.berklix.net [127.0.0.1]) by fire.js.berklix.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB611XLF001068; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:01:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jhs@fire.js.berklix.net) Message-Id: <200712060101.lB611XLF001068@fire.js.berklix.net> To: "Michael W. Lucas" In-reply-to: <20071205220444.GA17801@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> References: <20071205202826.GA17217@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <200712052053.lB5KrdQf096920@fire.js.berklix.net> <20071205220444.GA17801@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> Comments: In-reply-to "Michael W. Lucas" message dated "Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:04:44 -0500." Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:01:33 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.0beta3 Installation problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:01:28 -0000 > > Did you try key 3 = Safe Boot ? (in 10 second timeout before selecting > > USA etc). Some old laptops fail to read fdisk properly without it, > > eg my Digital with 7.0-BETA3-i386-disc1.iso, > > http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/digital/ > > http://berklix.com/~jhs/hardware/laptops/#loader.conf > > Though as I see you are using amd*iso I guess you should have a Lot newer > > ATA interafce than my old 586. > > This is a SAS system, not SCSI. I can get a dmesg tomorrow if that's > helpful. Only SAS in GENERIC is device mfi # LSI MegaRAID SAS Is that SAS you mean ? I dont have one. I had problems even without RAID on one old Laptop I refered to (an old traditional P-ATA ) > The problem is not in the geometry detection, but rather than > sysinstall tells me about the geometry every single time I hit a key > in fdisk. My Fdisk or disk driver saw disk size, but Fdisk (via possibly failing disk driver ?) failed to see 4 slices. I've given up on 7 + Sysinstall + Fdisk on that old Dell laptop, & will do a manual old fashioned Unix style install, avoiding sysinstall. At least taht way I will have a platform to work/ analyse from. Detail: Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:14:44 +0100 From: "Julian Stacey" To: mobile@freebsd.org Message-id: <200712041614.lB4GEiOw073415@fire.js.berklix.net> Not yet arrived here: http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/2007/freebsd-mobile/20071202.freebsd-mobile.html -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. Dump cigs 4 snuff.