On 2015-12-10, Stefan Wollny <[email protected]> wrote: > G'day! > > I AM LOST! > > I read the FAQ (section 14), read man bioctl, read stsp@'s article on > undeadly.org and a couple of other sites on the 'net: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE > TO INSTALL A FULLY ENCRYPTED SYSTEM WITH KEYDISK FOLLOWING THE > DOCUMENTATION on an amd64-current system! > Full stop! (~current = the last three weeks, every iteration) > > Again and again and again I end up with > //install: //install.sub[xxxx]: cannot create /dev/null: No space left > on device > repeated endlessly with inbetween (probably, as pretty fast scrolling by) > uid "0" on /: out of inodes > > What am I missing??? > > YES: I can install the system unencrypted on the same hardware > YES: I did switch to the console when running 'bsd.rd' from CD > YES: I did switch to /dev and did 'sh ./MAKEDEV all' > YES: I did 'fdisk -iy' to sd0 and sd1 (sd0=SSD, sd1=USB-keydisk) > YES: I did 'disklabel -E sd0' and 'disklabel -E sd1' accordingly, > setting every partition to type RAID > NO: 'dd if=/dev/zero ...' is not possible with bsd.rd (amd64-current)
Really? I think that should work... > YES: I did 'bioctl -C force -c C -l /dev/sd0d -k /dev/sd1d softraid0' > YES: I did again 'sh ./MAKEDEV all' to catch the newly created sd2 In the above step, you have run yourself out of space on the ramdisk by creating a load of device nodes that you don't have space for and don't need. > NO: I did not 'fdisk', 'disklabel' and 'newfs' on sd2 as this is > expected to be done by the install process > YES: I did switch to '/' before running 'install' > ... but from now on I only see the message as stated above. > > No dmesg possible as the install process stops right after entering > 'install'! > > What am I doing wrong, what am I missing??? I am lost, having screwed at > least one SSD... > > Any hints appreciated. Thanks. > > Best, > STEFAN

