Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:43:01 -0400 (EDT) From: robdefriesse@mail.com (Rob deFriesse) To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: 4.1.1 install fails with diag: ffs_valloc: dup alloc Message-ID: <200010242143.RAA14248@chmls06.mediaone.net>
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I am receiving the following diagnostic: > panic: ffs_valloc: dup alloc when attempting to install FreeBSD 4.1.1 on a machine with a Promise Ultra 100 ATA-100 IDE PCI controller. I don't know much about the mobo except that it's a 233MHz PCI with an AMI BIOS and 32Mb mem. It's fairly ancient. I connected an ATA-100 HD to the new controller (channel 1) and the CDROM to the old IDE controller (channel 2) on the mobo. Both are masters on their respective channels. I'm installing from a CD. I allocate about 15Gb to the FreeBSD slice and use the A (automatic) option to assign partitions. The partitions are: ad4s2a: 50Mb / ad4s2b: 68Mb swap ad4s2e: 20Mb /var ad4s2f: 14255Mb /usr I get through the initial set of questions and sysinstall runs newfs. However, it does not get through unpacking the tarballs. That is, the diagnostic appears while unpacking the ports tarball. At this point the install fails and it goes into the boot dialog. I have had the install fail in another way. I can't provide the exact wording because it's impossible to reproduce. The gist of it is that while it's unpacking a tarball, a form pops up indicating that a write has failed. The message includes the value -1 (which kinda makes sense, this being unix and all.) If I move the HD to the old IDE controller, I have no problem with it. FreeBSD installs without a hitch. Could this be a problem with the combination of the Promise controller and a large partition? Any help to get this working would be appreciated. Thank you, Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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