Re: Installing DragonFly
I don't know if it is the same problem (it certainly sounds similar). This is not a laptop though. Nor is it an old machine (less than 3 years old). Anyway, I have booted DragonFly from the live CD and logged in as root. But what device name do I use (I only have one disk)? Everything I guessed at, it says "device not configured". 2009/4/17 Michael Neumann : > Colin Adams wrote: > >> I was able to install DragonFly on the disk all-right, but the >> machine still won't boot if the drive is powered-on at boot time. > > I remember that I had a similar problem about 2 years ago with my Bullman > laptop. > > http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2007-02/msg00158.html > > If yours is the same problem (can you confirm?) then "fdisk -C" will solve > it. But as the installer does not provide an option to set the "-C" flag, > you'd have to install DragonFly without the installer. > > Regards, > > Michael > > >
Re: Installing DragonFly
Colin Adams wrote: > I was able to install DragonFly on the disk all-right, but the > machine still won't boot if the drive is powered-on at boot time. I remember that I had a similar problem about 2 years ago with my Bullman laptop. http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2007-02/msg00158.html If yours is the same problem (can you confirm?) then "fdisk -C" will solve it. But as the installer does not provide an option to set the "-C" flag, you'd have to install DragonFly without the installer. Regards, Michael
Re: Installing DragonFly
So linux fdisk says the following things about the disk: /dev/sda1 Bootable Start 1 End 19382 Blocks 156290872+ Id a5 System FreeBSD (I selected UFS rather than HAMMER when I installed DragonFly on it). So everything looks fine, except I can't have it powered on at Computer boot-time. Perhaps I can install GRUB on a floppy, pointing it at /dev/sda1, and plug the disk in whilst GRUB is being loaded. (This begs of desperation - especially as I don't know what a GRUB definition for DragonFly should look like). 2009/4/15 Simon 'corecode' Schubert : > I bet this is the "set all bits to one on CHS overflow" thing in fdisk. I'd > really like to know how we are supposed to handle this (better). > > Colin, sorry for trashing your computer. I think we are well aware of this > issue, but we simply don't know exactly how to deal with it. Could you > maybe use window's fdisk to create a large partition on the drive and then > report back how the partition table looks like? In this case we could > adjust our fdisk so that this won't happen again. > > thanks > simon > > Colin Adams wrote: >> >> What appears to have happened is that in some way it has trashed my >> disk-drive - I can still get the machine to boot from the live CD, but >> only if I physically disconnect the hard-disk first. >> >> >> 2009/4/8 Hasso Tepper : >>> >>> Colin Adams wrote: Well, if that is the case the ISO should not be available for download - there should be a fixed version. >>> >>> Well. It shouldn't be any way fatal, but in general I agree - we should >>> release 2.2.1 ASAP, really. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Hasso Tepper >>> > >
Re: Installing DragonFly
I was able to install DragonFly on the disk all-right, but the machine still won't boot if the drive is powered-on at boot time. I'll have to try the linux live-cd fdisk :-( 2009/4/17 Colin Adams : > Now I'm back home, i've tried out everyone's suggestions. > > Bill's idea to remove the hard-disk from the boot-sequence made no > difference (I'm surprised - I thought that was just something obvious > that I had forgotten in my approaching senility). > > The suggestion to only plug the hard-disk in after booting from the CD > works - and in fact I didn't bother to boot a linux live-CD - I just > went ahead (after deleteting the ttysv1 entry) and let the DragonFly > DVD format the hard disk - it seems to be working so far (it is > currently installing files). > > 2009/4/15 Simon 'corecode' Schubert : >> I bet this is the "set all bits to one on CHS overflow" thing in fdisk. I'd >> really like to know how we are supposed to handle this (better). >> >> Colin, sorry for trashing your computer. I think we are well aware of this >> issue, but we simply don't know exactly how to deal with it. Could you >> maybe use window's fdisk to create a large partition on the drive and then >> report back how the partition table looks like? In this case we could >> adjust our fdisk so that this won't happen again. >> >> thanks >> simon >> >> Colin Adams wrote: >>> >>> What appears to have happened is that in some way it has trashed my >>> disk-drive - I can still get the machine to boot from the live CD, but >>> only if I physically disconnect the hard-disk first. >>> >>> >>> 2009/4/8 Hasso Tepper : Colin Adams wrote: > > Well, if that is the case the ISO should not be available for download > - there should be a fixed version. Well. It shouldn't be any way fatal, but in general I agree - we should release 2.2.1 ASAP, really. -- Hasso Tepper >> >> >
Re: Installing DragonFly
Now I'm back home, i've tried out everyone's suggestions. Bill's idea to remove the hard-disk from the boot-sequence made no difference (I'm surprised - I thought that was just something obvious that I had forgotten in my approaching senility). The suggestion to only plug the hard-disk in after booting from the CD works - and in fact I didn't bother to boot a linux live-CD - I just went ahead (after deleteting the ttysv1 entry) and let the DragonFly DVD format the hard disk - it seems to be working so far (it is currently installing files). 2009/4/15 Simon 'corecode' Schubert : > I bet this is the "set all bits to one on CHS overflow" thing in fdisk. I'd > really like to know how we are supposed to handle this (better). > > Colin, sorry for trashing your computer. I think we are well aware of this > issue, but we simply don't know exactly how to deal with it. Could you > maybe use window's fdisk to create a large partition on the drive and then > report back how the partition table looks like? In this case we could > adjust our fdisk so that this won't happen again. > > thanks > simon > > Colin Adams wrote: >> >> What appears to have happened is that in some way it has trashed my >> disk-drive - I can still get the machine to boot from the live CD, but >> only if I physically disconnect the hard-disk first. >> >> >> 2009/4/8 Hasso Tepper : >>> >>> Colin Adams wrote: Well, if that is the case the ISO should not be available for download - there should be a fixed version. >>> >>> Well. It shouldn't be any way fatal, but in general I agree - we should >>> release 2.2.1 ASAP, really. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Hasso Tepper >>> > >
Re: One more pkgsrc problem
Hasso Tepper wrote: > OK, I found out which causes this. It builds on machines using libc_r > and doesn't on machines using libthread_xu. And switching from libc_r to libthread_xu makes libgweather build fail with "out of memory" message and switching back to libc_r makes it build again. Now someone who understands more about threading libraries and stuff, please find out what's going on. libc_r shouldn't be removed until these issues are resolved. -- Hasso Tepper
