From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 7 18:52:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bryden.apana.org.au (bryden.apana.org.au [203.3.126.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC52937B423 for ; Mon, 7 May 2001 18:52:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Received: from oracle (CPE-61-9-140-138.vic.bigpond.net.au [61.9.140.138]) by bryden.apana.org.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA01253; Tue, 8 May 2001 11:50:19 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@bryden.apana.org.au) Message-ID: <018701c0d761$61da9b50$0300a8c0@oracle> From: "Doug Young" To: "CS Reddy" , References: <001f01c0d75c$ed1f2be0$0200000a@voicestream.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 Installation saga!! Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 11:51:17 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0182_01C0D7B5.3093D120" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2462.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2462.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01C0D7B5.3093D120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've had that problem countless times ..... always with proprietory = hardware (Compaq / Dell / Digital / Fujitsu / Gateway / IBM / etc) To = date I've never been in a position where I had to stick with the = particular system, however my guess is that the machines are built to = run Windows only (sorta like the dreaded winmodems / winprinters). With = one of the Digital Venturis systems I noticed a weird dmesg complaint = about the IDE controller.... dunno how or what is done with it but it = refused to even look at FreeBSD (runs Win98 prefectly) ----- Original Message -----=20 From: CS Reddy=20 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:19 AM Subject: FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 Installation saga!! Hi all! I have been trying to install FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 on my PC for over a = month. No luck so far. This is a long story. So, please bear with me. Let's start with my hardware configuration : - Compaq Deskpro EN Series (Intel 600 MHz, 256 MB RAM) - Intel Pro/100+ Alert on LAN* Management Adapter - IRQ 11 - (I/O = Port) 0x2000 - 0x203F - ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X - IRQ 11 - (I/O Port) 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, = 0x03B0 - 0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF - Intel 82443BX Chipset and Pentium II Procesor to AGP Controller - = (I/O Port) 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, 0x03B0 - 0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF - Intel 82371AB/EB (ISA, IDE Controller, USB-UHCI) - IRQ 11 - (I/O = Port) 0x2060 - 0x206F for IDE - (I/O Port) 0x2040 - 0x205F for USB - Keyboard - IRQ 1 - (I/O Port) 0x0060 - 0x0060, 0x0064 - 0x0064 - PS/2 Mouse - IRQ 12 - Two Hard Disks (Disk1 -Primary Master- Western Digital-20GB and Disk2 -Primary Slave - Maxtor - 30GB) both attached to my primary IDE Channel - IRQ 14 - (I/O Port) = 0x01F0 - 0x01F7, 0x03F6 - 0x03F6 - Memorex 48 X CD-ROM (ATAPI) - Secondary Slave - Secodary IDE Channel = - IRQ 15 - (I/O Port) 0x0170 - 0x0177, 0x0376 - 0x0376 - Standard Floppy Controller - IRQ 6 - (I/O Port) 0x3F0 - 0x3F5, 0x3F7 = - 0x3F7 - ESS 1868 Audio Device - IRQ 5 - (I/O Port) 0x0220 - 0x022F, 0x0388 = - 0x038B, 0x0330 - 0x0331 - Serial Port 1 - IRQ 4 - (I/O Port) 0x03F8 - 0x03FF - Serial Port 2 - IRQ 3 - (I/O Port) 0x02F8 - 0x02FF - 1 Parallel Port - IRQ 7 - (I/O Port) 0x0378 - 0x037F, 0x0778 - = 0x077D - CMOS - IRQ 8 - (I/O Port) 0x0070 - 0x0071 - Numeric Data Processor - IRQ 13 - (I/O Port) 0x00F0 - 0x00FF - U.S. Robotics Fax PCI Win Modem - IRQ 11 - 0x2070 - 0x2077 As far as I can see, I don't think I have any unsupported hardware = except for my WinModem, which I don't use any way. I have DSL connection. Now, Software Inventory on my PC: - DISK 1 has WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS 2000 and RedHat Linux 7.1 and this = disk is completely full - DISK 2 is brand new and has nothing on it. I want to install FreeBSD = here, on this disk. Now, my installation process (If this is not legible on your screen, = please take a look into the TEXT ATTACHMENT, FreeBSD_saga.txt): 1)Start the Install Process from my CD-ROM. 2)Start kernel configuration in full screen Visual mode. 3)I get 7 Hardware Conflicts. This is what I see after expanding all = nodes: ---Active-Drivers------------------------------------7 Conflicts-------Dev---IRQ--Port-- Storage: AdvanSys SCSI narrow controller adv0 Adaptec 154x SCSI controller aha0 Adaptec 152x SCSI controller aic0 ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller ata0 14 0x1f0 ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller ata1 15 0x170 Buslogic SCSI controller bt0 Floppy disk controller fdc0 6 0x3f0 Network: IBM EtherJet, CS89x0-based Ethernet adapters CONF = cs0 0x300 NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapt CONF ed0 10 0x280 Fujitsu MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet adapters CONF fe0 0x300 AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100,3C507,NI5210 Ether CONF ie0 = 10 0x300 DEC Etherworks 2 and 3 Ethernet adapters CONF = le0 5 0x300 Isolan, Novell NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet adapt CONF = lnc0 10 0x280 SMC/Megahertz Ethernet adapters = CONF sn0 10 0x300 Communications: Parallel Port chipset ppc0 7 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio0 4 0x3f8 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio1 3 0x2f8 Input: Keyboard atkbd0 1 PS/2 Mouse psm0 12 Syscons console driver sc0 Multimedia: Miscellaneous: PC-card controller CONF pcic0 10 0x3e0 Math coprocessor npx0 13 0xf0 = ---Inactive-Drivers--------------------------------------------------Dev-= --- -------------------- Storage: Network: Communications: 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio2 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio3 Input: Multimedia: Miscellaneous: PC-card controller pcic1 = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Enter] Expand device list [X] Expand all lists [TAB] Switch fields [Q] Save and Exit [ ? ] Help 4)I tried several possible combintions to resolve the conflicts, = starting from removing only the hardware that is causing conflicts and does not = exist on my PC to just bare bones configuration. One such example is shown = below: = ---Active-Drivers-----------------------------------------------------Dev= --- IRQ--Port-- Storage: ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller ata0 14 0x1f0 Floppy disk controller fdc0 6 0x3f0 Network: Communications: Parallel Port chipset ppc0 7 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio0 4 0x3f8 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio1 3 0x2f8 Input: Keyboard atkbd0 1 PS/2 Mouse psm0 12 Syscons console driver sc0 Multimedia: Miscellaneous: Math coprocessor npx0 13 0xf0 = ---Inactive-Drivers--------------------------------------------------Dev-= --- -------------------- Storage: AdvanSys SCSI narrow controller adv0 Adaptec 154x SCSI controller aha0 Adaptec 152x SCSI controller aic0 ATA/ATAPI compatible disk controller ata1 15 0x170 Buslogic SCSI controller bt0 Network: IBM EtherJet, CS89x0-based Ethernet adapters cs0 0x300 NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet adapt ed0 = 10 0x280 Fujitsu MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet adapters = fe0 0x300 AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100,3C507,NI5210 Ether = ie0 10 0x300 DEC Etherworks 2 and 3 Ethernet adapters le0 5 0x300 Isolan, Novell NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet adapt lnc0 10 0x280 SMC/Megahertz Ethernet adapters sn0 10 0x300 Communications: 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio2 8250/16450/16550 Serial port sio3 Input: Multimedia: Miscellaneous: PC-card controller pcic0 10 0x3e0 PC-card controller pcic1 = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Enter] Expand device list [X] Expand all lists [TAB] Switch fields [Q] Save and Exit [ ? ] Help 5) I hit Q and then the probe starts. I see messages scrolling by for = about 15 seconds and then I see I big blue screen (of death!) and it says: "Probing Devices.... (This may take a while)" and the process comes to a grinding halt. I waited several times for = more than 30 minutes and then I had to do a hard boot. I have no fancy devices attached to my PC except for those that I = already mentioned above. No matter what combinations I tried, I always got the blue screen. Unfortunately, my CD-ROM is not attached to the Secondary Master but = rather to Secondary Slave. There is no device at Secondary Master. So, I = removed the CD-ROM from PC and I made two install floppy diskettes and tried = the install process and I get same exact blue screen! Does some one know what's wrong with my computer? Please let me know = if you need any extra information. Any help will be highly appreciated. 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I've had that problem countless times = ..... always=20 with proprietory hardware (Compaq / Dell / Digital / Fujitsu / Gateway / = IBM /=20 etc) To date I've never been in a position where I had to stick with the = particular system, however my guess is that the machines are built to = run=20 Windows only (sorta like the dreaded winmodems / winprinters). With one = of the=20 Digital Venturis systems I noticed a weird dmesg complaint about = the IDE=20 controller.... dunno how or what is done with it but it refused to even = look at=20 FreeBSD (runs Win98 prefectly)
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 CS = Reddy
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.O= RG=20
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 = 11:19=20 AM
Subject: FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 = Installation=20 saga!!

Hi all!
I have been trying = to install=20 FreeBSD 4.2/4.3 on my PC for over a month. No
luck so far. This = is  a=20 long story. So, please bear with me.
Let's start with my hardware=20 configuration :
- Compaq Deskpro EN Series (Intel 600 MHz, 256 MB = RAM)
-=20 Intel Pro/100+ Alert on LAN* Management Adapter - IRQ 11 - (I/O=20 Port)
0x2000 - 0x203F
- ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X  -  IRQ = 11 -=20 (I/O Port) 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, 0x03B0 -
0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF
- = Intel=20 82443BX Chipset and Pentium II Procesor to AGP Controller - = (I/O
Port)=20 0x1000 - 0x1FFF, 0x03B0 - 0x03BB, 0x03C0 - 0x03DF
- Intel = 82371AB/EB (ISA,=20 IDE Controller, USB-UHCI) - IRQ 11 - (I/O Port)
0x2060 - 0x206F for = IDE -=20 (I/O Port) 0x2040 - 0x205F for USB
- Keyboard - IRQ 1 - (I/O Port) = 0x0060 -=20 0x0060, 0x0064 - 0x0064
- PS/2 Mouse - IRQ 12
- Two Hard Disks = (Disk1=20 -Primary Master- Western Digital-20GB=20 = and
           =             &= nbsp;     =20 Disk2 -Primary Slave - Maxtor - 30GB)
    both = attached to=20 my primary IDE Channel - IRQ 14 - (I/O Port) 0x01F0 -
0x01F7, = 0x03F6 -=20 0x03F6
- Memorex 48 X CD-ROM (ATAPI) - Secondary Slave - Secodary = IDE=20 Channel - IRQ
15 - (I/O Port) 0x0170 - 0x0177,  0x0376 - = 0x0376
-=20 Standard Floppy Controller - IRQ 6 - (I/O Port) 0x3F0 - 0x3F5, 0x3F7=20 -
0x3F7
- ESS 1868 Audio Device - IRQ 5 - (I/O Port) 0x0220 -=20 0x022F,  0x0388 -
0x038B, 0x0330 - 0x0331
- Serial Port 1 - = IRQ 4 -=20 (I/O Port) 0x03F8 - 0x03FF
- Serial Port 2 - IRQ 3 - (I/O Port) = 0x02F8 -=20 0x02FF
- 1 Parallel Port - IRQ 7 - (I/O Port) 0x0378 - 0x037F, = 0x0778 -=20 0x077D
- CMOS - IRQ 8 - (I/O Port) 0x0070 - 0x0071
- Numeric = Data=20 Processor - IRQ 13 - (I/O Port) 0x00F0 - 0x00FF
- U.S. Robotics Fax = PCI Win=20 Modem - IRQ 11 - 0x2070 - 0x2077

As far as I can see, I don't = think I=20 have any unsupported hardware except
for my WinModem, which I don't = use any=20 way. I have DSL connection.

Now, Software Inventory on my = PC:
- DISK=20 1 has WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS 2000 and RedHat Linux 7.1 and this disk=20 is
completely full
- DISK 2 is brand new and has nothing on it. = I want=20 to install FreeBSD here,
on this disk.

Now, my installation = process=20 (If this is not legible on your screen, please
take a look into the = TEXT=20 ATTACHMENT, FreeBSD_saga.txt):

1)Start the Install Process from = my=20 CD-ROM.
2)Start kernel configuration in full screen Visual = mode.
3)I get=20 7 Hardware Conflicts. This is what I see after expanding all=20 = nodes:

---Active-Drivers------------------------------------7
C= onflicts-------Dev---IRQ--Port--
Storage:
 AdvanSys=20 SCSI narrow controller
adv0
 Adaptec 154x SCSI=20 controller
aha0
 Adaptec 152x SCSI=20 controller
aic0
 ATA/ATAPI compatible disk=20 controller
ata0     =20 14      0x1f0
 ATA/ATAPI compatible = disk=20 controller
ata1     =20 15      0x170
 Buslogic SCSI=20 controller
bt0
 Floppy disk=20 controller
fdc0     =20 6       0x3f0
Network:
 IBM = EtherJet,=20 CS89x0-based Ethernet=20 = adapters           = ;     =20 CONF    = cs0
0x300
 NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx=20 Ethernet adapt   CONF   =20 ed0      10
0x280
 Fujitsu=20 MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet=20 adapters          =20 CONF    fe0
0x300
 AT&T Starlan 10 and=20 EN100,3C507,NI5210 = Ether         =20 CONF     ie0     =20 10
0x300
 DEC Etherworks 2 and 3 Ethernet=20 = adapters           = ;            = =20 CONF    = le0
5       =20 0x300
 Isolan, Novell NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet=20 = adapt           &n= bsp;  =20 CONF    lnc0
10     =20 0x280
 SMC/Megahertz Ethernet=20 = adapters           = ;            =             &= nbsp;=20 CONF
sn0      = 10     =20 0x300
Communications:
 Parallel Port=20 chipset
ppc0     7
 8250/16450/16550 = Serial=20 port
sio0     =20 4       0x3f8
 8250/16450/16550 = Serial=20 port
sio1     =20 3      =20 0x2f8
Input:
 Keyboard
atkbd0   = 1
 PS/2=20 Mouse
psm0     12
 Syscons console=20 driver
sc0
Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
 PC-card=20 controller
CONF   pcic0    =20 10     0x3e0
 Math=20 coprocessor
npx0     13     = = 0xf0
---Inactive-Drivers----------------------------------------------= ----Dev----
--------------------
Storage:
Network:
Communicat= ions:
 8250/16450/16550=20 Serial port
sio2
 8250/16450/16550 Serial=20 = port
sio3
Input:
        = ;  =20 Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
 PC-card=20 = controller
pcic1
--------------------------------------------------= --------------------------
----------------------

-------------= --------------------------------------------------------
[Enter]=20 Expand device list      [X] Expand all = lists
[TAB]=20 Switch=20 = fields           &= nbsp;=20 [Q] Save and Exit        [ ? ]=20 Help

4)I tried several possible combintions to resolve the = conflicts,=20 starting
from removing only the hardware that is causing conflicts = and does=20 not exist
on my PC to just bare bones configuration. One such = example is=20 shown=20 = below:

---Active-Drivers------------------------------------------= -----------Dev---
IRQ--Port--
Storage:
 ATA/ATAPI=20 compatible disk controller
ata0     =20 14      0x1f0
 Floppy disk=20 controller
fdc0     =20 6      =20 0x3f0
Network:
Communications:
 Parallel Port=20 chipset
ppc0     7
 8250/16450/16550 = Serial=20 port
sio0     =20 4       0x3f8
 8250/16450/16550 = Serial=20 port
sio1     =20 3      =20 0x2f8
Input:
 Keyboard
atkbd0   = 1
 PS/2=20 Mouse
psm0     12
 Syscons console=20 driver
sc0
Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
 Math=20 coprocessor
npx0     13     = = 0xf0
---Inactive-Drivers----------------------------------------------= ----Dev----
--------------------
Storage:
 AdvanSys=20 SCSI narrow controller
adv0
 Adaptec 154x SCSI=20 controller
aha0
 Adaptec 152x SCSI=20 controller
aic0
 ATA/ATAPI compatible disk=20 controller
ata1     =20 15      0x170
 Buslogic SCSI=20 controller
bt0

Network:
 IBM EtherJet, CS89x0-based = Ethernet=20 = adapters
cs0         &nbs= p;      =20 0x300
 NE1000,NE2000,3C503,WD/SMC80xx Ethernet=20 = adapt           &n= bsp;    =20 ed0      10
0x280
 Fujitsu=20 MD86960A/MB869685A Ethernet=20 = adapters           = ;            =  =20 fe0
0x300
 AT&T Starlan 10 and EN100,3C507,NI5210=20 = Ether           &n= bsp;           &nb= sp;=20 ie0
10       0x300
 DEC = Etherworks 2=20 and 3 Ethernet adapters
le0      =20 5        0x300
 Isolan, = Novell=20 NE2100/NE32-VL Ethernet adapt
lnc0    =20 10      0x280
 SMC/Megahertz Ethernet = adapters
sn0      = 10     =20 0x300

Communications:
 8250/16450/16550 Serial=20 port
sio2
 8250/16450/16550 Serial=20 = port
sio3
Input:
        = ;  =20 Multimedia:
Miscellaneous:
 PC-card=20 controller
pcic0     10     = 0x3e0
 PC-card=20 = controller
pcic1
--------------------------------------------------= --------------------------
----------------------

-------------= --------------------------------------------------------
[Enter]=20 Expand device list      [X] Expand all = lists
[TAB]=20 Switch=20 = fields           &= nbsp;=20 [Q] Save and Exit        [ ? ]=20 Help

5) I hit Q and then the probe starts. I see messages = scrolling by=20 for about
15 seconds and then I
see I big blue screen (of = death!) and it=20 says:

"Probing Devices.... (This may take a while)"

and = the=20 process comes to a grinding halt. I waited several times for = more
than 30=20 minutes
and then I had to do a hard boot.

I have no fancy = devices=20 attached to my PC except for those that I already
mentioned=20 above.

No matter what combinations I tried, I always got the = blue=20 screen.

Unfortunately, my CD-ROM is not attached to the = Secondary=20 Master but rather
to Secondary Slave. There is no device at = Secondary=20 Master. So, I removed
the CD-ROM from PC and I made two = install =20 floppy diskettes and tried the
install process and I get same exact = blue=20 screen!

Does some one know what's wrong with my computer? = Please let me=20 know if you
need any extra information.
Any help will be highly=20 appreciated.

Thanks in = advance!
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