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

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