From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 5 13:12:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B063616A40F for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 13:12:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B885043D53 for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 13:12:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k45DCnLd001948 for ; Fri, 5 May 2006 08:12:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <445B4F4D.2020207@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 08:12:45 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060505065259.GA5583@box.myhome.westell.com> <20060505070910.GA5349@box.myhome.westell.com> In-Reply-To: <20060505070910.GA5349@box.myhome.westell.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 6.1 install problems with creating partitions 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, 05 May 2006 13:12:52 -0000 Eric Dan wrote: > update: > I actually backed up the ext3 to another hard drive and got rid of all > partitions and slices on that drive. > installer still can't do it. > the exact error says: > "unable to make new root file system on ad3sa1" > then i hit return and it says: > "couldn't make file system properly" > > any ideas? > > > > * Eric Dan (ericdan@ucla.edu) wrote: >> trying to install 6.1 on my secondary master partition or slice 2. >> I come from linux so please be forgiving with the naming or slices and >> partitions. >> i created a 40G slice on ad3 with fdisk, then with disklabel i created a >> 4g / a 512M swap and the rest for /home >> i used the "S" option on the "/" partition. You may need to drop some more assumptions that you are bringing from the Linux world -- you seem to be trying to manually impose "the Linux way" of dividing up the space, but that is really not what a typical FreeBSD partition/slice scheme looks like. As long as you have essentially wiped the drive already, you can use the FreeBSD installer's "Auto Defaults" option to get a look at what the installer is expecting you to do, and then tune that as desired. On the FDISK screen, press A to use the whole disk, then on the Disklabel screen press A again for Auto Defaults. Or, have a closer look at the handbook for more details, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html (esp. figure 2-22) -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348