Installation Step has been aborted

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pmurry

I'm trying to install FreeBSD 9.0. When I select "Guided" partitioning, I get an error which states "An installation step has been aborted. Would you like to restart the installation or exit the installer?"

I have tried restarting it several times but always get this same error. I get the same error when I try the manual partitioning option as well.

Any help would be appreciated...
 
Go into another virtual terminal and look at your log files. See what the error is, if any.
Start the install process, when you get that error, don't touch anything on that screen. Do CTRL+ALT+F1, then look at dmesg and the logs.
 
I'm having the same exact issue. When I get to that screen, I cannot ctrl+alt+F1 to another terminal. Here's my dmesg:
Code: 
# dmesg
pid 2138 (autopart), uid 0: exited on signal 11
pid 2169 (autopart), uid 0: exited on signal 11
pid 2210 (autopart), uid 0: exited on signal 11
 
I encountered the same issue today. Has there been any progress in fixing it? I couldn't find a PR for this problem.
 
I am a FreeBSD newbie running into the same autopart crash while trying to install FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE on my Dell r310 server with boot volume on a RAID1 virtual device on the PERC H200 controller. The server also has 3 MD1200 shelves connected to a PERC H800.

Any suggestions on diagnosing this problem?

Thanks
 
In my case the problem was that the old motherboard had a SATA controller that couldn't handle the disk that was in the fast mode correctly and thus writing to it was impossible.
So I guess if it can't write to the disk, it segfaults :P
My $.02
 
Thanks, n0n. I'm pretty sure my issue was similar. I tried 9.1-RC and it worked fine. I suspect the old 9.0 mps driver didn't work with the PERC H200 in Dell r310 and the updated 9.1 driver does.
 
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