Bug 27667

Summary:	sysinstall - unable to install on some boxes with SCSI disks
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	birdy_lee <birdy_lee>
Component:	misc	Assignee:	jkh
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	4.3-RELEASE
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description birdy_lee 2001-05-26 21:30:00 UTC

OS Version: 4.3-RELEASE, CD-ROM image downloaded from ftp.freebsd.org

Platform:
Compaq Proliant 3000, onboard 53c895 SCSI controller
Acer Altos 12000, onboard AIC7896 SCSI controller

Symptom:
I tried to do a CD-ROM install on those boxes. After labeling the hard disk, newfs gives out an error message like:
"newfs: partition 'a' is unavailable"
I have created only one partition with 'A' of 'F' key in the fdisk program.

I tried the same procedure on a desktop PC with IDE hard disk, there's no such problem. CD-ROM install of 4.2-RELEASE works fine on those boxes, too. I think the problem is in the new version of sysinstall.

How-To-Repeat: Follow the install procedure, partition and label the disk.

Comment 1 Kris Kennaway freebsd_committer

2001-05-27 00:26:01 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh

jkh is Mr Sysinstall

Comment 2 jkh freebsd_committer

2001-07-23 23:27:00 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

I don't think this is a sysinstall bug since it has no particular 
afinity for any particular type of SCSI disk - if the controller 
is supported, sysinstall will try to write on any attached disks on 
demand.  There was nothing changed in sysinstall post-4.2 that would account 
for the described behavior either.  Perhaps the submitter can try again 
in 4.4 and we can see if it was some sort of kernel problem with those 
types of controllers.