From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 02:02:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3ACB106566C for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:02:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A75918FC0A for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:02:38 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=M48c/NhM3SY/txADgkByLYTM4OTtNnt4X612QBEE1F4=; b=DOJ11xLiuRCx6ukAqmllxc7c2wXelCE+THsYDwqE4yrOS+e/G2Ft8vIjKqRWCFoGVAjR84oCjgP1+0skO/k9ZFZb62MhZr9S2/s9uuEflk7JvPVTF+PNkV2l5dGg/m1a6ACdK1rvheW3p740A6t+paBL9n1Z8zwbaLtWYNA+kZ8= Received: from [192.168.1.104] ([120.29.65.225]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:02:38 -0800 Message-ID: <4EC70E3A.7010209@a1poweruser.com> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:02:34 +0800 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Edward Martinez , FreeBSD Questions References: <20111119000822.GK8967@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <20111119000822.GK8967@itcom245.staff.itd.umich.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 19 Nov 2011 02:02:38.0352 (UTC) FILETIME=[5023A900:01CCA65F] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: Subject: Re: where to ask about problems with bsdinstall in 9.0RC2? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:02:38 -0000 William Bulley wrote: > According to Edward Martinez on Fri, 11/18/11 at 19:53: >> Have you tried installing with "ACPI" disabled. >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/bsdinstall-install-trouble.html#Q3.10.2.1. >> >> this also may be of some help: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/bsdinstall-partitioning.html > > Thanks. > > I will try disabling "ACPI" but this wasn't necessary for the install > of 8.2-RELEASE from CD which, as I said, went in just as I expected. > > I would not think that much would have changed in 9.0RC2 in this area. > Maybe I am wrong about that. > > The second URL describes the Manual vs. Guided install and partition > section of bsdinstall. I had read this several days before the 9.0RC2 > install attempt from DVD. It seemed pretty reasonable, but a little bit > different from sysinstall. Was worth a try. > > What I saw when I selected Manual partitioning, was a complete tree: > > ad0 > ad0s1 [FreeBSD Boot Manager from 8.2] > ad0s1a xxxx [was my previous root partition] > ad0s1d xxxx [was my previous swap partition] > ad0s1d xxxx [was my previous /var partition] > ad0s1e xxxx [was my previous /usr partition] > > or something very close to that, missing only my mount points from my > previous 8.2-STABLE system. I added the mount points (this is the area > where I thought bsdinstall had some weaknesses in the "User Experience") > and went on after selecting "Finish". > > The problem occurred much later after I selected all four install files. > When I said the equivalent of "Go", it began the process of loading them > off the DVD, checking their checksums, and compressing them prior to > installing them. It was while processing the first (base.txz) chunk > that the popup appeared giving me the "unable to write" or "unable to > uncompress" message. Can't recall the exact error now some hours later... :-( > > So the extraction step failed the first file, and I never made it to > the Post-Installation phase, sigh... :-( > > Regards, > > web... > I think you have under sized /usr and the uncompress ran out of space during the install. Start over again, wipe the disk clean (ie: delete all slices)and re-allocate your slices with larger space allocations.