From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 07:51:21 2012 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 2FD8B106564A for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:51:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from omerfsen@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f47.google.com (mail-qw0-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D66628FC08 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:51:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qadz30 with SMTP id z30so145869qad.13 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:51:20 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of omerfsen@gmail.com designates 10.229.78.159 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.229.78.159; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of omerfsen@gmail.com designates 10.229.78.159 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=omerfsen@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=omerfsen@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.229.78.159]) by 10.229.78.159 with SMTP id l31mr1062449qck.114.1330069880185 (num_hops = 1); Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:51:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=CeRy+43y9dFwFKIEsqZZvITzQpmTrmGcAUTHo494b2o=; b=xW0iMn9UT008L7Gue1vbqyPNa261Pbo3oQRxxFFHKS0LjV5q4pY8fAIGQJQfgpqGxm sQGvcIbXfARBJiD8ivjTPaBJXzMPZ+cs0+Psh2kQnAaYU+0QpVPZYWaGnrVymFw1VIfJ XQ1/Keobo3OThV3iiRIUPmpuhtZY9+yGDEFo0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.78.159 with SMTP id l31mr872860qck.114.1330069879729; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:51:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.24.81 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:51:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:51:19 +0200 Message-ID: From: Omer Faruk SEN To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem 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: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:51:21 -0000 Already done that but still habe the same issue. I can dd and sysctl but after installing without using W at disk label screen still no luck. I have also done sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 on fixit and restarted installation but still getting the same error. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Michael Powell wrote: > Warren Block wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Omer Faruk SEN wrote: > > > >> I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.3-BETA1 to a system with ssd disk > >> recognized as ad6. At fixit mode i can dd device but at installer > >> (sysinstall) when I configured disk and using "w" installer is unable to > >> format devices stating that > >> > >> "Unable to find device node for /dev/ad6s1b in dev. The creation of file > >> systems will be aborted" > >> > >> any suggestion on what may be the reason for that or is it a bug on > >> installer > > > > Using "W"rite is one of the causes for that. Don't Write, just choose > > Quit after making selections. > > > > (There are other causes, like old partitioning information on the disk. > > Removing that with gpart destroy or just dd-ing zeros over it is the > > cure in that case.) > > If you need to clear the old MBR the "old way", use a LiveFS or Fixit shell > and do this (as root): > > sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 and: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/adx oseek=1 bs=512 count=1 > > where x equals your drive number. This will zero out any old MBR. > > A time or two when I've seen this error this fixed it up and the install > proceeds as normal. As Warren said before, don't use the "W", just Q and > sysinstall will queue and issue all the commands at a later point. > > -Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >