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Date:      Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:15:35 -0400
From:      Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org, "Ian Barnes" <ian@cerebellum.za.net>
Subject:   Re: SysInstall Problem
Message-ID:  <RPPOOLGAB0E0BAZUQN4Z1W3YXVQOEA64.3d474847@sparky>
In-Reply-To: <INEHIGGGOPFHACAEGEBFGEBECCAA.ian@cerebellum.za.net>

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7/29/2002 10:54:52 AM, "Ian Barnes" <ian@cerebellum.za.net> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am trying to install 4.5 on a 4gig hdd. I boot up using the CD, all goes
>well, i get to the sysinstall main menu, and i carry on, i create
>partitions, 4 of them, one for /, one for /var, one for /usr/home, and 
one
>for swap (in that order). I then write the information, which all goes 
well.
>The problem comes in when i try and write the label information. I set it 
up
>as above.
>
>The error i get is the one below:
>
><snip>
>Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s4b: Device not configured
></snip>
>I push enter, to get to the next error
>
><snip 2>
>Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/ad0s1a
>Command returned status 1
>
></snip 2>
>
>In the debug screen, i get :
>
><snip 3>
>DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for root filesystem
>DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for swap partitions
>newfs: /dev/ad0s1a: 'a' partition is unavailable
>
></snip 3>
>
>The hdd is fine, because just before i was gonna change it to bsd, i 
was
>using it in doze ...
>
>Any help would be great
>
>Thanks
>Ian

A guess - the b partition is usually swap.  Try putting your swap there.  
Also, why is the machine looking for swap on s4, but / on s1?  Did you 
intend to set up / on a different slice?  (Can that work?)  What's on s2 
and s3?

Jud




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