Hi Tom, Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me out here :-)
On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 16:00 +0000, Tom Cosgrove wrote: > >>> Jules Colding 25-Jan-07 13:27 >>> > > > > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 14:04 +0100, Jules Colding wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to install OpenBSD 4.0 on a Soekris net4801 but I just > > > can't complete the install. I'm stalled when the install attempts to > > > write the new partitions to the disk. It fails with: > > > > > > "mount_ffs: /dev/wd0a on /mnt: Invalid argument" > > You need to run newfs /dev/wd0a (optionally with -q, which stops it > printing the block numbers of superblock backups). Should I do that manually before restarting the install? > It's possible to get in this sort of position by breaking out during > the install and then giving a specific set of answers to the questions > you get when you start the install again. Alternatively, this can > happen if you try to install things "by hand". I didn't. I booted bsd.rd using PXE and then answered that I wnated to install. You can see the procedure here: http://www.ultradesic.com/index.php?section=45 > Since you don't show > the whole install log, it's hard to know what's actually gone wrong. I did actually paste everything that was on my terminal on my first post to misc. You can see the original post here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.openbsd.misc/117261 Is there a more detailed install log somewhere on the system? > However, if you start again, say yes to "use the whole disk for > openbsd", re-partition in disklabel, then you should be good to go. I also said yes to "use the whole disk for openbsd". Thanks, jules
