From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Jan 10 11: 7:22 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 116C737B401; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:07:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from qescan2.qgraph.com (QESCAN2.qgraph.com [206.158.124.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 489D143F43; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:07:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Aaron.Schroeder@qg.com) Received: by sxsmtp2.qgraph.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) id ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:07:13 -0600 Message-ID: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF474603CE9E24@waexch1.qgraph.com> From: "Schroeder, Aaron" To: 'John Baldwin' , Geoff Buckingham Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: creating partions in RC-2 install Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 13:07:10 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2656.59) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have this problem as well on any alpha that I have installed 5.0RC2 on (5305, 2100, 4000, Miata). Just an FYI that it is not limited to Mr. Buckingham. -----Original Message----- From: John Baldwin [mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org] Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:02 AM To: Geoff Buckingham Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: RE: creating partions in RC-2 install On 10-Jan-2003 Geoff Buckingham wrote: > > I suspect this is my problem, not an RC-2 issue but, > can anybody else create new partitions in sysinstall. > > Starting with a 'naked' disk straigh out of its > sealed anti-static bag I cant create any partitions. > > This is on a Alphaserver 800 5/333, booting from CD, > if nobody else sees this I will try this on a NONAME > based system at the weekend. Yes, I have seen this before. I think I may have a fix for it though. Need to test it locally on an i386 machine first. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message