Re: bsdinstall partition error when installing to nvme

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From: Alfonso S. Siciliano <alfix86_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 05:51:10 UTC

On 4/22/22 23:31, tech-lists wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Attempting to install from: 
> FreeBSD-14.0-CURRENT-amd64-20220421-b91a48693a5-254961-memstick.img
> 
> to brand-new hardware, the installer failed at the stage after where one
> selects partition schema (so, GPT in this case) and UFS filesystem
> with an error like (sorry to be paraphrasing this from memory as the 
> hardware is no longer available)
> 
> "autopart failed -5"
> 
> I thought it might be down to it being a nvme stick. The hardware
> in question is Crucial;CT1000P5PSSD8 1TB. Is this a known issue
> with nvme? On that machine, this was the only "disk". Can
> nvme be used as the primary disk on FreeBSD?
> 

Thank you for the report,

Reading "autopart failed -5", probably you chose "Auto UFS Guided Disk",

I found a problem with Auto Partitioning in CURRENT.
This should solve: <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35033>.

However, to be sure, you could reinstall choosing "Manual" Partitioning
to understand if the cause is "nvme" or "bsdinstall".

Alfonso