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From: cfanning@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Chris Fanning)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Early install problem
Date: 16 Nov 1995 23:15:43 GMT
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
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This is the first time I've ever tried to install FreeBSD and am running into
a peculiar problem early on in the process.  I'm trying to install
951104-SNAP.

I've tried compatible mode and non-compatible mode and I get similar results.
(using ALL of the disk vs DOS compatible mode)  When I try to write label
changes and mount the drive I get:

Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rsd1a!
Command returned status 1

And DEBUG shows:

newfs: /dev/rsd1a: 'a' partition unavailable

This is the minimal number of steps to start the whole problem.  I can also
get the kernel to panic during my install.

Now, it gets a little better.  If I drop to a fixit disk, I can newfs rsd1c
by hand, but there is no rsd1d either!

rsd1a should be /
rsd1b swap
rsd1c should be /var   (only one I've got!)
rsd1d should be /usr

I think?

Am I just screwed in that this happens to be a problem with this snapshot?
Am I doing something wrong?  (Can't think of what here... :( )

TIA,
Chris