Re: "The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda

2006-05-07 Thread Eric Dan
* Greg 'groggy' Lehey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Saturday,  6 May 2006 at 10:22:11 +0200, Kyrre Nygard wrote:
> >
> > I have found a problem.
> >
> > I find the design / typesetting to be very unprofessional.
> > It looks like a teenager wrote it, in Microsoft Word, but no offense.
> >
> > You just used the wrong typesetting system.
> >
> > Please check out the LaTeX Project as well as the Memoir class.
> >
> > It will do the typesetting for you, and your book will become a lot
> > more comfortable for all of us to read.
> >
> > Let us know what you think!
> 
> I think you're a troll.
> 
i think the book is great, easy to read, helped me a lot and also saved
me a lot of time.
I hope you're gonna eventually write a new edition that covers 6.*
releases.
I really liked the network section in your book. Compare that to the one
in "Running Linux Edition 5"!
> Greg
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Re: 6.1 install problems with creating partitions

2006-05-06 Thread Eric Dan
I actually followed both the handbook and "The Complete FreeBSD" book's
installtion carefully, and yet i still get the same error, the installer
can't create the file system and install aborts.
I've tried using the auto option for both fdisk and disklable, i've
tried shared os, i've tried sacrificing the entire disk.
Is this really me making a mistake or is it possible that the iso has
some problems.
here are the errors:
http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/DD2B7N18.html




* Greg Barniskis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Eric Dan wrote:
> >update:
> >I actually backed up the ext3 to another hard drive and got 
> >rid of all
> >partitions and slices on that drive.
> >installer still can't do it.
> >the exact error says:
> >"unable to make new root file system on ad3sa1"
> >then i hit return and it says:
> >"couldn't make file system properly"
> >
> >any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> >* Eric Dan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> >>trying to install 6.1 on my secondary master partition or 
> >>slice 2.
> >>I come from linux so please be forgiving with the naming or 
> >>slices and
> >>partitions.
> >>i created a 40G slice on ad3 with fdisk, then with disklabel 
> >>i created a
> >>4g /a 512M swap and the rest for /home
> >>i used the "S" option on the "/" partition.
> 
> You may need to drop some more assumptions that you are 
> bringing from the Linux world -- you seem to be trying to 
> manually impose "the Linux way" of dividing up the space, but 
> that is really not what a typical FreeBSD partition/slice 
> scheme looks like.
> 
> As long as you have essentially wiped the drive already, you 
> can use the FreeBSD installer's "Auto Defaults" option to get 
> a look at what the installer is expecting you to do, and then 
> tune that as desired. On the FDISK screen, press A to use the 
> whole disk, then on the Disklabel screen press A again for 
> Auto Defaults.
> 
> Or, have a closer look at the handbook for more details,
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html
> (esp. figure 2-22)
> 
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Re: 6.1 install problems with creating partitions

2006-05-05 Thread Eric Dan
update:
I actually backed up the ext3 to another hard drive and got rid of all
partitions and slices on that drive.
installer still can't do it.
the exact error says:
"unable to make new root file system on ad3sa1"
then i hit return and it says:
"couldn't make file system properly"

any ideas?



* Eric Dan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> trying to install 6.1 on my secondary master partition or slice 2.
> I come from linux so please be forgiving with the naming or slices and
> partitions.
> i created a 40G slice on ad3 with fdisk, then with disklabel i created a
> 4g /  a 512M swap and the rest for /home
> i used the "S" option on the "/" partition.
> the installer gives me and error saying that it wasn't able to create
> the partions on the slice and the install aborts.
> what can i do?
> i don't wanna give up that ext3 part on this drive.
> 
> thanks
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6.1 install problems with creating partitions

2006-05-04 Thread Eric Dan
trying to install 6.1 on my secondary master partition or slice 2.
I come from linux so please be forgiving with the naming or slices and
partitions.
i created a 40G slice on ad3 with fdisk, then with disklabel i created a
4g /a 512M swap and the rest for /home
i used the "S" option on the "/" partition.
the installer gives me and error saying that it wasn't able to create
the partions on the slice and the install aborts.
what can i do?
i don't wanna give up that ext3 part on this drive.

thanks
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