Installation failure with version 4.9

[Claude Fournier]

After many attempts, I am giving up.
Brand new motherboard with AMD DURON, 128 MB of DDR memory with Western Digital hard 
disk 64AA.
Following instructions, the farther I could get is with the following messages:
(1) Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s/b, device not configure or invalid argument
(2) Unable to make new root file system on /dev/ad0s1a
I am using only one operating system, the intended FreeBSD with one slice and 3 
partitions, a root of 4 gig, a SWAP of 512 mg, and the rest for /home.
Shall I try with another release?
Regards
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Re: Installation failure with version 4.9

[Claude Fournier]

Thank you all for the support
I tried multiple partitions with no avail.
For example:
ad0s1a (/) 128 MB
ad0s1b (swap) 432 MB
ad0s1e (/var) 256 MB
ad0s1f (/tmp) 256 MB
ad0s1g (/usr) 5077 MB
I tried another route and just install with success redhat 7.1, this is
LINUX, not my favorite.
It is running OK.
Retried FreeBSD and same messages:
(1) Unable to swap to /dev/ad0s1b invalid argument (device not configure)
(2) Unable to make new root file system on /dev/ad0s1a
(3) Couldn't make filesystems properly

In the BIOS the hard disk is configured as having 13328 cylinders x 15 heads
x 63 sectors as per specifications from Western Digital.  I tried using
these parameters.  Did not work.
After installing REDHAT, the parameters used were 784 cylinders x 255 heads
x 63 sectors.  I left those settings to re-install FreeBSD, did not work.

The partition looks like this
OFFSET**SIZE(ST)*END*NAME*PTYPE*DESC*SUBTYPE*FLAGS*
063***62-**6***UNUSED**0-
63*12594897*12594959**ad0s13***FREEBSD*165**CA=*
It appear that the installation is not capable of formatting the hard disk
properly...
Anyway I am loading release 4.8 and will try with this older version
instead.

- Original Message - 
From: Francisco [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Claude Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: Installation failure with version 4.9


 On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Claude Fournier wrote:

  No, unfortunately I did not try a smaller root slice.
  I was following advise from Greg Lehey The Complete FreeBSD published
by
  O'Reilly who suggested to part with custom practice.  I tried the
suggested
  Auto slice without success

 As somene else suggested on the list there are reasons why some people
 recommend multiple partitions. It's almost a religious argument..

 If Auto slice did not work then you have other problems. Did you get a
 warning or error when doing the space allocation? For example an error
 about geometry?

 You left the list out in your reply.. feel free to CC the list again so
 others can also comment.


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