From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 3 23:25:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from server.baldwin.cx (server.geekhouse.net [64.81.6.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27C1737B5E3 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:25:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: from john.baldwin.cx (root@john.baldwin.cx [192.168.1.18]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA31870; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:25:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@baldwin.cx) Received: (from john@localhost) by john.baldwin.cx (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA37701; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 23:26:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john) Message-Id: <200007040626.XAA37701@john.baldwin.cx> X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.20000703012958.00755990@192.168.0.1> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 23:26:15 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: "Kim J. Brand" Subject: RE: install fails on 10.2 GB drive using 4.0 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 03-Jul-00 Kim J. Brand wrote: > after selecting every default choice in the partitioning and slicing of a > new 10.2 GB WD HD, the install failes with an error message saying it > couldn't swap to /dev/ad0s1... It it says it can't swap, then you have booted ok and the BIOS isn't your problem. Can you include your /etc/fstab file and the output of disklabel on your disk? (I.e., 'disklabel ad0') > i changed the hard drive to a smaller 6.4 GB drive and it works. Odd. > 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. That is only for booting, once the kernel is up and running that is no longer relevant. > is there an option i'm missing? > > thanks, > > kim -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message