From nobody@FreeBSD.org Sun Jul 24 17:51:31 2005 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 061F516A41F for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:51:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [216.136.204.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D013943D48 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:51:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6OHpUIm013533 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:51:30 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j6OHpUBP013532; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:51:30 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200507241751.j6OHpUBP013532@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 17:51:30 GMT From: Jayton Garnett To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: /dev/X? should be /dev/ad1s* X-Send-Pr-Version: www-2.3 >Number: 84008 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: /dev/X? should be /dev/ad1s* >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 24 18:00:28 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: Fri Mar 02 10:58:34 GMT 2007 >Last-Modified: Fri Mar 02 10:58:34 GMT 2007 >Originator: Jayton Garnett >Release: 6.0 Beta 1 >Organization: >Environment: None as it wont install. >Description: While trying to install 6.0 Beta 1 with the install CD's and assigning/creating the partition it is displayed as /dev/X where it should be /dev/ad1s* this causes the install too fail as it can not acctually create the partition at /dev/X when I try commit. I have a western digital 250gb ATA100 hard drive as a master drive on the second IDE/ATA channel. My motherboard has the old VT233A chipset. >How-To-Repeat: This is repeated everytime I try to install 6.0 Beta 1 >Fix: No idea how to fix this. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: From: Jayton Garnett To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jay@codegurus.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/84008: /dev/X? should be /dev/ad1s* Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:52:58 +0100 I just tried again and found that if I 'delete' the other partitions and create a new one of any size or use the full hard drive it will allocate it as /dev/ad1s1, this does not help me as I need my other partitions for my other FreeBSD installation and my NTFS/FAT32 backup volumes. -- Kind regards, Jayton Garnett email: jay@codegurus.org Main : www.uberhacker.co.uk Test server: jayton.plus.com From: Jayton Garnett To: jay@codegurus.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/84008: /dev/X? should be /dev/ad1s* Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:52:15 +0100 I have just tried the FreeBSD 6.0 Beta 1 install floppies and I had the same problem as before. I want too help testing 6.0 Beta 1 but can not if it will not install. From: "Kotiaho, Mark" To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, jay@codegurus.org Cc: Subject: Re: i386/84008: /dev/X? should be /dev/ad1s* Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 09:18:43 -0500 Jay, I think the problem is the BIOS limit of 4 primary partitions. You seem to be trying to create a 5th primary partition for FreeBSD. The BIOS won't support that -- you will have to either combine some of your NTFS partitions (i.e. use a "logical" partition instead of a primary partition), or get another drive. Sorry! I ran into the same problem yesterday! -- Markku P. Kotiaho Software Engineer, Staff Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: remko State-Changed-When: Fri Mar 2 10:58:31 UTC 2007 State-Changed-Why: 5 partitions are not supported by the bios, thanks for the notification Robert! http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=84008 >Unformatted: