Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 13:07:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Jean-Francois Gobin <gobin@gobinjf.be> To: M Gollihue <mike@sassie.net> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 4.9 on AlphaServer 1000a/400 Message-ID: <20040519130709.Q77039@ns> In-Reply-To: <005c01c43d21$d6c3ae60$6a0aa8c0@sassie.net> References: <005c01c43d21$d6c3ae60$6a0aa8c0@sassie.net>
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Hmmmm ... Can you compare the geometry values as given by Redhat and by the partitionning tool of freebsd ? JF On Tue, 18 May 2004, M Gollihue wrote: > Hello, all! > > I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.9 on an AlphaServer 1000a/400/256Mb. It > gets through the initial configuration just fine, however, upon getting to > the place where it attempts to download from FTP...it downloads the first 10 > blocks of the distribution then stops. The error message on VTY2 says > "Attempt to write beyond the end of the drive." > > I have a Mylex 960 card with two 9Gb drives attached, partitioned 6Gb > data/1Gb swap/1Gb temp. Anyone else experience this problem? The system > works fine under Red Hat. > > I tried to load FBSD 5.2.1, but I get a machine bugcheck and it halts the > system. But that is for another day. > > Thanks, > Michael Gollihue > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ---------- Jean-Francois Gobin - Administrateur gobinjf.be http://www.gobinjf.be mailto:gobin@gobinjf.be
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