Date: 26 Mar 2001 20:13:49 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <mark.sergeant@snsonline.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, stephenj <stephenj@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem With NEWFS When Installing FreeBSD; Message-ID: <200103270114.f2R1DoJ03085@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <20010327103320.B19330@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <OE4yLD0WqS9cZRPD5CL000046d6@hotmail.com> <20010327103320.B19330@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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I find the easiest way to setup a new drive if you are inexperienced is to use /stand/sysinstall and then configure, fdisk & label (ensure you write these changes). This should work nicely. Cheers, Mark On Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:33:20 +0930, Greg Lehey said: > On Monday, 26 March 2001 at 17:19:32 +0100, stephenj wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm a newbie to FreeBsd and am trying my best to install it, I seem to get a > > problem back from NEWFS, it claims that my 'device is not configured'. I am > > installing to a empty harddisk, which happens to be a 'slave' drive in my > > system. I have set the option for NEWFS to what I think is correct for my > > harddrive (as well as trying the default)... I also used all the automatic > > options when slicing and creating partitions for the disk. > > > > 'newfs /dev/adlsla: Device Not Configured' - the original error i get back > > on standard error > > > > The problems results in an error that says 'unable to swap /dev/adb1s1b' and > > 'unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/ad1sla' on the install > > screen. > > This looks like you've given the wrong names, either here or in your > setup. What exactly did you enter? > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > If you don't, I may ignore the reply. > 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 > > -- GREAT MOMENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY #21 -- July 30, 1917 On this day, New York City hotel detectives burst in and caught then- Senator Warren G. Harding in bed with an underage girl. He bought them off with a $20 bribe, and later remarked thankfully, "I thought I wouldn't get out of that under $1000!" Always one to learn from his mistakes, in later years President Harding carried on his affairs in a tiny closet in the White House Cabinet Room while Secret Service men stood lookout. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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