Latest amd64 snapshot has problems with disk sizes
Just tried to install current using the latest AMD64 snapshot 201512071640Z on a blank SATA drive. Boots up off the memory stick OK and after allocating partitions it fails when trying to newfs the first partition rwd0a. An error: ioctl DIOCGMEDIASIZE failed 19 appears in the log messages several times. The first partition (rwd0a) is set to be 512M and the newfs croaks with: /sbin/newsfs -V2 -O2 -b 8182 -f 1024 /dev/rwd0a Newfs: size 488397168 exceeds 525168 sector filesystem size on '/dev/rwd0a' Retrying doesn't work as the installer can no longer see the disk unless the install is rebooted. I haven't tried setting different partition size for wd0a as 512M is normally fine for root. Disk is a 232GB Western Digital. I can send-pr a bug report if required. Cheers, Dave -- = Phone: 07805784357 Open Source O/S: www.netbsd.org Caving: http://www.wirralcavinggroup.org.uk =
Re: Latest amd64 snapshot has problems with disk sizes
This problem disappeared when a later snapshot was tried. The nightly build 201512080650Z installed perfectly so I suspect the original was corrupt or the build ran during some updates which left parts inconsistent. Dave -- = Phone: 07805784357 Open Source O/S: www.netbsd.org Caving: http://www.wirralcavinggroup.org.uk =
Re: Latest amd64 snapshot has problems with disk sizes
Dave Tyson wrote: > This problem disappeared when a later snapshot was tried. The nightly build > 201512080650Z installed perfectly so I suspect the original was corrupt or > the > build ran during some updates which left parts inconsistent. FWIW, the automated sysinst installs of NetBSD/sparc on babylon5.netbsd.org were failing with "newfs: size ... exceeds maximum file system size on `/dev/rsd0a' of ... sectors" from CVS source date 2015.12.04.23.54.06 until 2015.12.08.01.57.13: http://releng.netbsd.org/b5reports/sparc/commits-2015.12.html#2015.12.04.23.54.06 -- Andreas Gustafsson, g...@gson.org
Re: Latest amd64 snapshot has problems with disk sizes
g...@gson.org (Andreas Gustafsson) writes: >FWIW, the automated sysinst installs of NetBSD/sparc on >babylon5.netbsd.org were failing with "newfs: size ... exceeds >maximum file system size on `/dev/rsd0a' of ... sectors" from CVS >source date 2015.12.04.23.54.06 until 2015.12.08.01.57.13: src/sys/miscfs/specfs/specfs_vnops.c 1.154 introduced the problem 1.156 fixed it -- -- Michael van Elst Internet: mlel...@serpens.de "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
