Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 10:29:03 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: julian@ref.tfs.com, waarbau@super.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org, tom@batc.allied.com Subject: Re: 0412 SNAP install hangs after 'changing root device ...' Message-ID: <199504280029.KAA11445@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>It looks as if we have a problem with the new slice code that went >out in the last SNAP. How does sysinstall handle slices? Not? >My guess is that certain disklabel/BIOS-data/MBR combinations >are interpretted differently than before, leading to >an inability to read the root partition... >> >> >> 3. During the install of 0412 newfs produces the following warning >> message 'Calculated sectors per cylinder 4096 disagrees with disklabel >> (2046). No other warnings/errors are produced during the install. >I think this is possibly a clue.. Probably not. This is a normal warning. newfs now always uses 4096 sectors per cylinder by default. Bruce
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