6.1 install problems with creating partitions

[Eric Dan]

update:
I actually backed up the ext3 to another hard drive and got rid of all
partitions and slices on that drive.
installer still can't do it.
the exact error says:
"unable to make new root file system on ad3sa1"
then i hit return and it says:
"couldn't make file system properly"

any ideas?



* Eric Dan (ericdan at ucla.edu) wrote:
> trying to install 6.1 on my secondary master partition or slice 2.
> I come from linux so please be forgiving with the naming or slices and
> partitions.
> i created a 40G slice on ad3 with fdisk, then with disklabel i created a
> 4g /	a 512M swap	and the rest for /home
> i used the "S" option on the "/" partition.
> the installer gives me and error saying that it wasn't able to create
> the partions on the slice and the install aborts.
> what can i do?
> i don't wanna give up that ext3 part on this drive.
> 
> thanks
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