Free BSD 4.X install Partition Error " /

rdbrock · #1 June 8th, 2009, 23:03

Hello,

I'm atttempting to install FreeBSD 4.11 mini iso setting up the following partitions:

Code:

ad0a    /             500M
ad0b    swap          500M
ad0e    /config       100M
ad0f    /var          <rest of disk>

The install When choosing " Standard Installation" , I selected Standard ( no boot manager ), I created the patitions with the size I want and labeled them starting with "/" as shown in the error.

The errors I keep getting :

Code:

No root device found - you must label a partition as / in the label editor.
Couldn't make filesystems properly aborting.

Please go easy on me, this is my first post and I'm fairly new to BSD.

Basically I'm trying to set the following partitions, when I do so I keep getting the messages above.

rdbrock · #2 June 8th, 2009, 23:05

Thanks for any feedbacks or suggestions.

**DutchDaemon** · #3 June 8th, 2009, 23:07

Even though you're installing a version from 1892 (why is that?), the Handbook should still apply.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...all-steps.html

rdbrock · #4 June 9th, 2009, 00:20

Thanks for the handbook, I will give it a go.
Reason for 4.11 is because I'm installing an Olive system.
http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Olive

fronclynne · #5 June 9th, 2009, 00:27

Is sysinstall barfing because you're not putting your partitions in slices?

I know it works fine from the command line to skip fdisk(8), but maybe sysinstall is angry like that (especially on 4.x).

rdbrock · #6 June 9th, 2009, 01:31

This may be a silly question, but how do i get to the command line from the install from the sysinstall menu? The menu looks almost the same as the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...all-steps.html , but no option to select a disk on Figure 2-13. Select Drive for FDisk.

rdbrock · #7 June 9th, 2009, 02:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by fronclynne

Is sysinstall barfing because you're not putting your partitions in slices?

I know it works fine from the command line to skip fdisk(8), but maybe sysinstall is angry like that (especially on 4.x).

Yes, I cut it into 3 different slices, 2 file systems and 1 swap.
I feel like I'm missing something, not sure what. I even added an extra one after several attempts under an Option editor and made root /usr, and still got the same error.

Thanks

KarelPerez · #8 January 15th, 2010, 04:41

I'm having a similar issue installing an olive on freebsd.

I'm fallowing this guy instructions. everything goes well until i get to the point where i run the pkg_add /var/tmp/jinstall.

the erros is
Saving Confg files ...
installing the bootstrap installer
disklabel: /dev/ada0: no such file or directoty

i'm very new to freebsd so go easy on me . thanks

**SirDice** · #9 January 15th, 2010, 09:25

The problem is in the juniper install. There's no /dev/ada0, it's eiter /dev/da0 or /dev/ad0.

Beastie · #10 January 15th, 2010, 17:10

Unless it's an AHCI-compliant (S)ATA and the kernel has a built-in support for it.

**DutchDaemon** · #11 January 15th, 2010, 17:19

Yep, as in:

Code:

$ df -h
Filesystem      Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
/dev/ada0s1a    496M    112M    344M    25%    /
[snip]

**SirDice** · #12 January 15th, 2010, 17:35

Call me stupid but as far as I know FreeBSD 4.x didn't have any AHCI (S)ATA support.

**DutchDaemon** · #13 January 15th, 2010, 17:39

Yeah, that's probably a fair assumption (that would be a major MFC!). Can I still call you stupid?

**SirDice** · #14 January 15th, 2010, 17:40

For you I'll make an exception

rdbrock · #15 January 16th, 2010, 10:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarelPerez

I'm having a similar issue installing an olive on freebsd.

I'm fallowing this guy instructions. everything goes well until i get to the point where i run the pkg_add /var/tmp/jinstall.

the erros is
Saving Confg files ...
installing the bootstrap installer
disklabel: /dev/ada0: no such file or directoty

i'm very new to freebsd so go easy on me . thanks

never did get it working yet, did not have time to revisit yet.
I know it's possible, people at my work have it running on PII 233mhz machines, I'm going to get with them and see how they did it, and I'll come back here and explain. There is also a full wiki on this, havent had a chance to read yet as I got stuck on partitioning.

Olive wiki http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Olive

rdbrock · #16 January 16th, 2010, 10:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdbrock

never did get it working yet, did not have time to revisit yet.
I know it's possible, people at my work have it running on PII 233mhz machines, I'm going to get with them and see how they did it, and I'll come back here and explain. There is also a full wiki on this, havent had a chance to read yet as I got stuck on partitioning.

Olive wiki http://juniper.cluepon.net/index.php/Olive

If someone beats me to a step by step, please post it here.
I beleive the wiki link above has some very usefull tips installing on the mini 4.4 Freebsd iso, you just need intel NIC chipsets and MB from what i understood.

KarelPerez · #17 January 17th, 2010, 23:59

The Main reason it failed is because i had selected Scsi under the Hard drive Virtual Node Configuration, I selected Ide and the Install was succesfull. Thanks everyone ..

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