On Sat, Jul 13, 2002 at 11:20:53PM +0200, Steve Mazerski wrote: > However any attempt was answered with the the message > "Unable to create the partition. Too big?" even using the > "Auto defaults" option. > > After trying various things (random panic option tweaking, > expletive cursing etc.) I booted into Linux and used > the Linux fdisk to set the partition / slice type to FreeBSD. > (I left the filesystem as it was). > > On restarting the FreeBSD installation process, I was able > to create partitions as expected and the slice was > formatted correctly. > > Is this a bug or have I missed something?
That looks like a known bug -- bin/24435 -- originally posted in January 2001 (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin%2F24435) A patch was posted, but the bug is still open and not assigned to anyone in particular, so chances are it's got forgotten. If you submit a follow-up someone may be inspired to commit a fix... Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Tel: +44 1628 476614 Marlow Fax: +44 0870 0522645 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
