Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-24 Thread Michael Powell
Omer Faruk SEN wrote: [edited to relocate top post] [snip] If you need to clear the old MBR the old way, use a LiveFS or Fixit shell and do this (as root): sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 and: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/adx oseek=1 bs=512 count=1 where x equals your drive number. This will

Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-24 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Omer Faruk SEN wrote: Already done that but still habe the same issue. I can dd and sysctl but after installing without using W at disk label screen still no luck. I have also done sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 on fixit and restarted installation but still getting the same

Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-24 Thread Michael Powell
Warren Block wrote: On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Omer Faruk SEN wrote: Already done that but still habe the same issue. I can dd and sysctl but after installing without using W at disk label screen still no luck. I have also done sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 on fixit and restarted installation

Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-24 Thread Omer Faruk SEN
I have done a simple dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad6 count=100 bs=1m which i think covers all. But still no luck. Regards. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.comwrote: Warren Block wrote: On Fri, 24 Feb 2012, Omer Faruk SEN wrote: Already done that but still

Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-23 Thread Omer Faruk SEN
Already done that but still habe the same issue. I can dd and sysctl but after installing without using W at disk label screen still no luck. I have also done sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16 on fixit and restarted installation but still getting the same error. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 1:27 AM,

8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-22 Thread Omer Faruk SEN
Hi, I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.3-BETA1 to a system with ssd disk recognized as ad6. At fixit mode i can dd device but at installer (sysinstall) when I configured disk and using w installer is unable to format devices stating that Unable to find device node for /dev/ad6s1b in dev. The

Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-22 Thread Warren Block
On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Omer Faruk SEN wrote: I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.3-BETA1 to a system with ssd disk recognized as ad6. At fixit mode i can dd device but at installer (sysinstall) when I configured disk and using w installer is unable to format devices stating that Unable to find

Re: 8.3-BETA1 installation problem

2012-02-22 Thread Michael Powell
Warren Block wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2012, Omer Faruk SEN wrote: I am trying to install FreeBSD 8.3-BETA1 to a system with ssd disk recognized as ad6. At fixit mode i can dd device but at installer (sysinstall) when I configured disk and using w installer is unable to format devices stating