Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 12:54:16 -0400 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: Paje da Oca <root@maloca.oca.org.br> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, sos@freebsd.dk Subject: Re: How to do Install Floppy? Message-ID: <20000529125416.G58958@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005290134460.34853-100000@maloca.oca.org.br>; from root@maloca.oca.org.br on Mon, May 29, 2000 at 01:43:08AM -0300 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005261947000.24963-100000@maloca.oca.org.br> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005290134460.34853-100000@maloca.oca.org.br>
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On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 01:43:08AM -0300, Paje da Oca wrote: > > The disk driver "ad" which is the new default for 4.0-RELEASE > is not working on my machine (details bellow). > > Is there any way to substitute it on the installation floppies, > using the old "wd" driver? > > Or is there any other way of circumventing it during installation? > > Thanks in advance for any help, > Leonardo > > Details: > > The installation floppies were not able to label the disk, and > > even while I partitioned it with the 3.4 floppies and went back > > to 4.0 installation, the disk was not accessible. > > > > The problem seems to be with the driver, "ad". I would like to > > know how to make new installation floppies for 4.0, substitu- > > ting the old drive, "wd", for this one (the solution needs to be > > implemented without resource to 4.0). > > > > ANY HELP? > > > > The messages I can read on the message console (SHIFT+ALT+F2), > > are: > > > > ad0: cannot find label (no disk label) > > ad0s1: cannot find label (no disk label) > > ad0s2: slice extends beyond end of disk: truncating from > > 16711680 to 25011856 > > > > My BIOS is: Award Modular Bios V4.50PG, 4.076804, 2A5L9F09 > > I have just an IDE disk, on a Pentium-S 75MHz with 32M and > > an Atapi CD-ROM What would be really useful is what type of IDE controller you have there. Your machine, a 586-75, is of the right timeframe to have one of the trouble making IDE controllers, but I've never seen that error before. People mostly have been complaining about kernel panics when they have one of the questionable controllers. See the previous threads from the list, "RZ100 ATA Controller Problem," and "Problem Booting 4.0R Floppy (ATA Driver?)." At this point, your options seem to be to not use the IDE controller or run 3.4. But like I said, I've not seen a problem like yours before. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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