Several trials failed, but perhaps the kind of issues do lead to the cause. I'll describe one trial.
Power on -> Enter to boot -> Shell -> # sysinstall -> Standard -> set up MBR partition -> ada0 -> keep geometry: yes -> Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags 0 63 62 - 12 unused 0 63 121274433 1212574495 ada0s1 8 freebsd 165 121274496 250 121274745 - 12 unused 0 121274746 503862599 625137344 ada0s2 4 ext.DOS 5 625137345 5103 625142447 - 12 unused 0 Q = Finish -> Boot manager: None -> For other trials I also used W instead of Q and/or I deleted and created ada0s1. I always get: "Disc slicing warning: chunk ´ada0s2´ [121274746..625137344] does not start on track boundary" ok --> ok -> create BSD partition: ok -> Disk: ada0 Partition name: adaos1 Free: 121274433 blocks (59216MB) (No Entries before) A = Auto Defaults -> Part Mount Size Newfs ada0s1a / 1024MB UFS2 Y ada0s1b swap 4096MB SWAP ada0s1d /var 7916MB UFS2+S Y ada0s1e /tmp 1024MB UFS2+S Y ada0s1f /usr 45156MB UFS2+S Y If I chose Create instead of Auto, there aren't enough MB available, I can chose Auto and than R (delete + merge), than there's enough space to continue with Create. For this trial I only used Auto. -> Q = Finish -> 6 Averaged User -> en Doc -> Port collection: Yes -> ok -> 1 CD/DVD -> "Message: Couldn't create directory /dist: Read-only file system" -> ok -> "Message: Error mounting /dev/cd0 on /dist: No such file or directory (2)" ok -> Adjust media configuration: yes -> Options -> Nothing edited -> Q(uit) -> Cancel -> "Installation...with some errors" (IOW no installation ;) -> ok -> Exit install -> # exit (Exit shell, back to installer) -> I continued this trial with the regular installer. Install -> Keymap..., Hostname..., [*] doc games lib32 ports [ ] src -> Partitioning: Manual -> ada0s1 57GB BSD -> Auto -> ada0 ok -> Partition (not entire Disk) -> Add Partition Type: freebsd Size: 2551kB Mountpoint *?* continuing didn't work Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"