Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 01:01:07 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: ekholm@visi.com (Mike Ekholm) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partition probs Message-ID: <199805290501.BAA02060@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980528193653.8635A-100000@thumper.visi.com> from Mike Ekholm at "May 28, 98 07:37:37 pm"
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Mike Ekholm wrote: > I am trying to upgrade from 2.1.7.1 to 2.2.5 on my 486. I am having > problems with the partition stage. It says "Writing partition information > to drive wd0" and gets stuck there. no hard drive activity. I have let it > sit for 2 hours, and nothing. Here is what I get under alt-F2: > > ... > DEBUG: Add mapping for cuaa0 on /dev/ppp0 > pid 5 (sysinstall), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space > pid 6 (sysinstall), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space > pid 7 (sysinstall), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space > > Can't open input file <tmp/doc.tmp>in dialog_textbox(). > pid 8 (sysinstall), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space > DEBUG: Scanning disk wd0 for root filesystem > DEBUG: Scanning disk wd0 for swap partitions > (end output) > > that is all I get (well, the bottom half of the screen) > one other thing, I did not get the 2 pages about the upgrade warnings, > just the yes/no prompt asking if i realy do want to upgrade (this all when > I choose the upgrade option) > > How do I fix my partition problem? > I ran into a similar problem when doing an install with 2.2.6, and attempting to define many partitions over three slices. I believe mine puked because it couldn't mount the partitions. (Out of inodes). this has a similar smell to it. Try it again, making the slices, but only partitioning one slice enough to get things going, (i.e. a minimal boot). Do the remaining partitioning after a bootable system with a good swap partition exists. DV -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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