On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 09:42:41AM +0200, "Axel Dörfler" wrote: > On August 2, 2012 at 4:46 AM Pete Goodeve <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > However, when I try to create this, I always get the message: "Validation > > of the given creation parameters failed." > Is there anything useful ending up in the syslog? Not a thing... If it's any help to look at I've put a screenshot at: goodeveca.net/haiku/DriveSetupFail.png > If not, you could try to compile the intel partitioning system with debug > output > turned on. > Compiling would be part of my current problems. (:-/) I lost the partition with the (SVN) source tree on my current machine (though I do have a USB backup) and was waiting for my new box to start again with Git. Unfortunately I don't seem to have any net connection with Haiku on the laptop (:-() which sort of stops things dead there! It uses the Realtek 8111/8168 which supposedly is supported, but it doesn't show in the network pref. (Not sure what the state of WiFi is -- all my neighbours' points show up, but I don't have a router myself yet.) I'm going to see if parted from the linux side will give me a partition to play with, but otherwise I've no idea what to do. -- Pete --