Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 22:12:52 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can't label anything from within sysinstall Message-ID: <20050519201252.GB74865@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050519200556.GA3994@galgenberg.net> References: <20050519200556.GA3994@galgenberg.net>
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On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 10:05:56PM +0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote.. > Hello folks, > > I have access to an Alpha 164SX now and tried to install 5.4 RELEASE > onto it. I hooked up an IDE drive and the install is booted from a SCSI > CDROM hooked up to an Adaptec 2940UW controller. > > Everything is coming up fine, however, choosing a standard install > represents me with the disk label editor and there are no disks from > which I can choose. > > I did hook up a very old SCSI disk and was presented with a choice > between ad0 and da0, but the label editor was just as empty. > > Just like this > FreeBSD Disklabel Editor > > Part Mount Size Newfs Part Mount Size Newfs > ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- ---- ----- > > > The following commands are valid here (upper or lower case): > C = Create D = Delete M = Mount pt. > N = Newfs Opts Q = Finish S = Toggle SoftUpdates Z = Custom Newfs > T = Toggle Newfs U = Undo A = Auto Defaults R = Delete+Merge > > Use F1 or ? to get more help, arrow keys to select. > > pressing some buttons then resulted in a signal 11 when I hit 'R' > > qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq Message qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq > A signal 11 was caught - I'm saving what I can and shutting > down. If you can reproduce the problem, please turn Debug on > in the Options menu for the extra information it provides > in debugging problems like this. > qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq(100%)qq > [ OK ] > > running bsdlabel from the fixit shell worked just as it is supposed to, > but I had to > export EDITOR=/dist/rescue/vi > and the '*' special keyword works perfectly for offset, but not for > size. It will give a partition extends past end of unit error. > > However, I can't set any mountpoints and I don't want to install by > hand. So, what's up with sysinstall? Horribly broken? Have you tried zero-ing the disk first? I have test-installed 5.4 test builds on my 164sx multiple times using a serial console without problems. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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