Re: 5.x Works, 4.x Fails ..

From: Alex de Kruijff (freebsd_at_akruijff.dds.nl)
Date: 10/31/03

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    Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:45:51 +0100
    To: "Wout A." <de_wout@pandora.be>
    
    

    On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 02:24:38PM +0100, Wout A. wrote:
    > Hi,
    > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 4.9-RC4 on a amd k6/2 333mhz with a seagate
    > 10gb hdd
    > and 64M ram.
    > When I partition my hdd and it 'should' start formatting the disk, I get
    > these errors:
    >
    > "Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s1b: invalid arg"
    > "Unable to make new root fs on /dev/ad0s1a!"
    > "Couldn't make fs properly. Aborting"
    >
    > while i get this in my debug screen :
    >
    > ad0s1: cannot find label (disk label corrupted)
    > DEBUG: Scanning disk ad0 for rootfs
    > DEBUG: found rootdev at ad0s1a!
    > DEBUG: found vardev at ad0s1e!
    > DEBUG: found tmpdev at ad0s1f!
    > DEBUG: found usrdev at ad0s1g!
    > DEBUG: Scanning ad0 for swap partition
    > DEBUG: Found swapdev at ad0s1b!
    >
    > ad0s4: slice extends beyond end of disk, truncating. ...
    > ad0: cannot find label disk label corrupted)
    > ad0s1: cannot find label disk label corrupted)
    > DEBUG: Notify: Making a new root fs on /dev/ad0s1a
    > DEBUG: Execute command 'newfs -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/ad0s1a'
    > ...
    > newfs: /dev/ad0s1a invalid argument
    > DEBUG: Command 'newfs -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/ad0s1a' returned status of 1
    >
    > I get the same with FreeBSD 4.6-R and 4.8-R, but in OpenBSD 3.3 and FreeBSD
    > 5.1 it
    > works flawless... I don't understand, isn't there a way for me to install
    > FreeBSD 4.x ???

    Probely, but if 5.1 works for you flawless then don't bother
    downgrading. You are forced to switch back in a half year anyway. The
    five brange is very close to being called stable. Just be a bit carefull
    with upgrading in the mean time.

    -- 
    Alex
    Articles based on solutions that I use:
    http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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