Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 10:21:30 -0500 From: "Kim J. Brand" <kim@simple-mail.com> To: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, "Rick Hamell" <hamellr@aracnet.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.20000703102130.00708224@192.168.0.1> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHAELHCDAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> References: <3.0.1.32.20000703093625.00747ce8@192.168.0.1>
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both the hard drive and motherboard are new to this application. the hard drive had been used with WIN98 and i decided to put it to a better use :) the motherboard is a new asus P3V4X but seemed to work OK for a short time while i was using it with WIN98. i partitioned the drive with WIN98 just to see if that process would work and it did. thanks, kim At 09:58 AM 7/3/2000 -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kim J. Brand >> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:36 AM >> To: Rick Hamell >> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 >> >> >> just noticed that the failure at the line starting with 'Unable to swap >> to...' includes a message that the device has not been configured??? >> >> thanks alot for your reply! >> >> i poked around in the bios of my asus p3v4x, (bios v1005,) and found that >> setting hard drive type to 'user hdd' allowed me to configure LBA. thanks >> for the lead! (this is a WD Caviar 102AA.) >> >> however, the failure is the same: at installation startup, after >> allocating >> all of the hard drive for FreeBSD, choosing all the defaults for >> partitioning, and selecting a standard boot manager, the error remains: >> >> Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s1b: device not configured. This may cause... >> >> then, when i continue, i get: >> >> Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rad0s1a! Command returned >> status 1. >> >> hope this helps. >> >> thanks again, >> >> kim >> > >Sounds like FBSD is not seeing the hard drive well enough to write to it. >Have you had this disk and Motherboard working with some other OS, or is >this a new installation? If you have not had this hard drive working with >this motherboard in the past then perhaps there is some kind of cabling or >jumpering issue here. > >Josh > >> At 12:24 AM 7/3/2000 -0700, Rick Hamell wrote: >> > >> >> i searched the archives and found some references to large >> hard drives in >> >> LBA mode. i didn't notice a selection for that in the setup. >> but what i >> >> found allowed me to believe it should work. >> >> >> >> is there an option i'm missing? >> > >> > >> > LBA is setup in the BIOS... make sure you're AutoDetecting the >> >hard drive in the CMOS and save the settings, but do NOT auto detect on >> >every boot... that's asking for trouble. Also a copy of the exact error >> >message you get plus a decription of where you're having problems might >> >help too. ;) >> > >> > Rick >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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