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From: julian@mailhub.tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Early install problem
Date: 17 Nov 1995 10:45:23 GMT
Organization: TRW Financial Systems, Oakland, CA
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In article <48ggmv$4fu@abel.cc.sunysb.edu>,
Chris Fanning <cfanning@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE> wrote:
>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'm not exactly sure where you're going wrong, but you've made one
glaring error..
you say you newfs'd /dev/rsd1c..
oops. rsd1c is a special partition that represents the whole BSD slice
of the disk..  not sure what that did but it's probably a mess.. :)

(this is in the notes soemwhere  and is standard for
just about every unix I've ever seen)

>
>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:

did you try the "express install" and select "A"
(Auto)  partitionning (in both the slicing and dicing^H^H^H^H^H^Hpartitioning
menu's)

>
>Unable to make new root filesystem on /dev/rsd1a!
>Command returned status 1
not sure what you did wrong here, but sounds like you didn't allocate one..
did you do BOTH the slicing menu and the Partitionning menu?

>rsd1a should be /
no rsd0a unless you're installing onto the second drive?
(if so you should say so)
>rsd1b swap 
>rsd1c should be /var   (only one I've got!)
nonono
c is the whole 'BSD part' (sometimes whole drive)
you can't put a fs here..
>rsd1d should be /usr
ok..
>
>I think?
>

hard to tell ..
try using the AUTO options and see what the code would do by itself?