Chris wrote: > I'm trying to install OBSD 4.4-release on this desktop which has two > hard disks of around 465 GB each. If I install on wd0 with only one > partition (/) of 10GB, the installation goes smoothly. But if I try to > allocate /tmp (20g), /home (100g), / (50g), /var (50g), /usr (50g), > swap (3g), the installation hangs after the last file set is installed > (xserv44.tgz): it just sits there and I cannot use my keyboard > anymore. I have waited for about 2 hours for the installation to > proceed to the next step but nothing. Here's my dmesg; Thanks for any > help.
1) Having installed OpenBSD on a lot of 500G disks, I think I can say with confidence the size of the disk is not your problem. 2) in an earlier message you indicated that there was some kind of RAID on this system, I think it is safe to say that it is a BIOS-assisted software RAID, which COULD be causing you problems if it is still configured in the BIOS. And even if it isn't causing this problem, it WILL bite you in the future when the BIOS decides top copy something from one drive to the other... So, start by disabling the BIOS "RAID" do-hickey thing and unplug the second drive. I suspect you will have no problems then. Once you convince yourself the size of the drive is not directly an issue, I'd suggest starting over with a more sane partitioning plan. Just because you have a cheap 500G disk doesn't mean you need to allocate all or most of it. For one, the bigger the disk, the longer it takes to fsck after you trip over the power cord. Nick.
