Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:17:02 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Brian McCann" <bjmccann@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD USB Install Message-ID: <20090107151702.48136fb1.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <2b5f066d0901070525l3b928eb8j20fe48c67eeacba6@mail.gmail.com> References: <2b5f066d0901070525l3b928eb8j20fe48c67eeacba6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:25:45 -0500, "Brian McCann" <bjmccann@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. I'm trying to install FreeBSD 7.1 off the CD to a USB thumb > drive, but every time I try it fails. sysinstall says "Unable to make > new root filesystem on /dev/da0s1a1. Command returned status 38". > When I switch to the debug console, I get "cg 0: bad magic number". > This thumb drive was being used on my Windows machine previously, then > I re-formatted it as UFS to use it on a FreeBSD machine...so I know > the thumb drive itself works. Can someone shed some light on this > problem? I could only suggest to eliminate all slices and partitions on the thumb drive (such as it was a new "disk" right from the factory) and let sysinstall put slice and partitions onto it. Furthermore, I think /dev/da0s1a1 looks a bit strange. Shouldn't it be /dev/da0s1a (without the 1) for the root partition? -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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