Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:45:51 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: "Wout A." <de_wout@pandora.be> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.x Works, 4.x Fails .. Message-ID: <20031031144551.GI778@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <000f01c39d56$d66fdf30$0a7ba8c0@xtreme> References: <000f01c39d56$d66fdf30$0a7ba8c0@xtreme>
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On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:24:38PM +0100, Wout A. wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.9-RC4 on a amd k6/2 333mhz with a seagate > 10gb hdd > and 64M ram. > When I partition my hdd and it 'should' start formatting the disk, I get > these errors: > > "Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s1b: invalid arg" > "Unable to make new root fs on /dev/ad0s1a!" > "Couldn't make fs properly. Aborting" > > while i get this in my debug screen : > > ad0s1: cannot find label (disk label corrupted) > DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for rootfs > DEBUG: found rootdev at ad0s1a! > DEBUG: found vardev at ad0s1e! > DEBUG: found tmpdev at ad0s1f! > DEBUG: found usrdev at ad0s1g! > DEBUG: Scanning ad0 for swap partition > DEBUG: Found swapdev at ad0s1b! > > ad0s4: slice extends beyond end of disk, truncating. ... > ad0: cannot find label disk label corrupted) > ad0s1: cannot find label disk label corrupted) > DEBUG: Notify: Making a new root fs on /dev/ad0s1a > DEBUG: Execute command 'newfs -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/ad0s1a' > ... > newfs: /dev/ad0s1a invalid argument > DEBUG: Command 'newfs -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/ad0s1a' returned status of 1 > > I get the same with FreeBSD 4.6-R and 4.8-R, but in OpenBSD 3.3 and FreeBSD > 5.1 it > works flawless... I don't understand, isn't there a way for me to install > FreeBSD 4.x ??? Probely, but if 5.1 works for you flawless then don't bother downgrading. You are forced to switch back in a half year anyway. The five brange is very close to being called stable. Just be a bit carefull with upgrading in the mean time. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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