6.1 install problems with creating partitions

[Eric Dan]

I actually followed both the handbook and "The Complete FreeBSD" book's
installtion carefully, and yet i still get the same error, the installer
can't create the file system and install aborts.
I've tried using the auto option for both fdisk and disklable, i've
tried shared os, i've tried sacrificing the entire disk.
Is this really me making a mistake or is it possible that the iso has
some problems.
here are the errors:
http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/DD2B7N18.html




* Greg Barniskis (nalists at scls.lib.wi.us) wrote:
> Eric Dan wrote:
> >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.
> 
> You may need to drop some more assumptions that you are 
> bringing from the Linux world -- you seem to be trying to 
> manually impose "the Linux way" of dividing up the space, but 
> that is really not what a typical FreeBSD partition/slice 
> scheme looks like.
> 
> As long as you have essentially wiped the drive already, you 
> can use the FreeBSD installer's "Auto Defaults" option to get 
> a look at what the installer is expecting you to do, and then 
> tune that as desired. On the FDISK screen, press A to use the 
> whole disk, then on the Disklabel screen press A again for 
> Auto Defaults.
> 
> Or, have a closer look at the handbook for more details,
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-steps.html
> (esp. figure 2-22)
> 
> 
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