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From: birdy_lee@corp.giga.net.tw
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Subject: sysinstall - unable to install on some boxes with SCSI disks
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>Number:         27667
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       sysinstall - unable to install on some boxes with SCSI disks
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    jkh
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat May 26 13:30:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jul 23 15:27:00 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jul 23 15:29:14 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Chang-Yi Lee
>Release:        4.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
Gigamedia Center Ltd.
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
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.
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: kris 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sat May 26 16:26:01 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
jkh is Mr Sysinstall 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27667 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jkh 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 23 15:27:00 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
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. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=27667 
>Unformatted:
