[9fans] partition boundaries out of range

[9fans] partition boundaries out of range

[Matthias Teege]

Moin,

I try to setup plan9 on my new server but on boot I get

cannot add sdC0!plan9 [63,321576705] to disk [0,268435455): partition
boundaries out of range

The problem is also desribed in
http://groups.google.de/groups?threadm=20031022154323.GY834%40cassie.foobarbaz.net

Does it help if I create smaller partitions? Is there another
solution? My plan9 disk is from July 2004.

Matthias

Re: [9fans] partition boundaries out of range

[jmk]

On Fri Oct 22 12:21:13 EDT 2004, mteege@gmail.com wrote:
> Moin,
> 
> I try to setup plan9 on my new server but on boot I get
> 
> cannot add sdC0!plan9 [63,321576705] to disk [0,268435455): partition
> boundaries out of range
> 
> The problem is also desribed in
> http://groups.google.de/groups?threadm=20031022154323.GY834%40cassie.foobarbaz.net
> 
> Does it help if I create smaller partitions? Is there another
> solution? My plan9 disk is from July 2004.
> 
> Matthias

Are you using the current 9load from sources?
There was a fix recently to try to cope with very large discs.

Re: [9fans] partition boundaries out of range

[Matthias Teege]

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:43:29 -0400, jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
<jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com> wrote:

> Are you using the current 9load from sources?
> There was a fix recently to try to cope with very large discs.

No, I use an iso from july. Is the fix only on sources?
Matthias

Re: [9fans] partition boundaries out of range

[Vester Thacker]

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 18:20:39 +0200, Matthias Teege <mteege@gmail.com> wrote:
 
> I try to setup plan9 on my new server but on boot I get
> 
> cannot add sdC0!plan9 [63,321576705] to disk [0,268435455): partition
> boundaries out of range

I had the same problem on an Shuttle AMD64 machine with a 200 GB hard
drive. I'd recommend upgrading your BIOS first. Then if you still have
the same problem, then try my suggestion below.

The error message that I received occurred just before the
[bootsetup]: prompt. My believe it or not fix is to start the install
with a current plan9 CD, then paused the installation one prompt
before where the error message occured and go to work for 9 hours.
Then come back and continued the installation.  The remainder of the
install for me was error free. This worked fine for a Plan 9 install.

Now, that is strangest Plan 9 trick that I've had to do yet, but it
worked. YMMV.  ;)

--vester