From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 09:31:38 2003 Return-Path: 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 88D7D16A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:31:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD5E43D41 for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 09:31:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cw.fournier@sympatico.ca) Received: from jasperc14zzn69 ([64.230.12.151]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netSMTP <20031229173136.UNCB11804.tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net@jasperc14zzn69> for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:31:36 -0500 Message-ID: <001c01c3ce31$9ead9040$6401a8c0@jasperc14zzn69> From: "Claude Fournier" To: Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 12:31:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Installation failure with version 4.9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:31:38 -0000 After many attempts, I am giving up. Brand new motherboard with AMD DURON, 128 MB of DDR memory with Western = Digital hard disk 64AA. Following instructions, the farther I could get is with the following = messages: (1) Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s/b, device not configure or invalid = argument (2) Unable to make new root file system on /dev/ad0s1a I am using only one operating system, the intended FreeBSD with one = slice and 3 partitions, a root of 4 gig, a SWAP of 512 mg, and the rest = for /home. Shall I try with another release? Regards