Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:34:26 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: drosos@abrdr.dreo.dnd.ca (Tasos Drosopoulos) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help ?? Message-ID: <199603120004.KAA24305@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960311135036.131A-100000@pcdrosos.abrdr.dreo.dnd.ca> from "Tasos Drosopoulos" at Mar 11, 96 02:07:54 pm
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Tasos Drosopoulos stands accused of saying: > I've been using linux for the past 2 years (currently Slackware 3.0) > and generally am quite happy with it. However, I just got a new 4.3 > GB hard-drive, and decided to try out FreeBSD. I tried to install > the minimal installation, (bin) to see if it works. It would help to know which version you were trying to install. > 1. On the fresh SCSI hard disk (Seagate Hawk4) with the default settings > on my new SCSI card (Buslogic 956C) I first made a couple of Linux > partitions. I then went through the novice installation procedure and > it seemed to go OK. I did not install anything on the boot manager, > expecting to see an option for a boot floppy later on. No boot floppy required; the install disk has the bootstrap on it. The Buslogic controller was an unfortunate choice. > 2. After the installation, I checked the disk and there seemed to be > overlap partition errors. Going back, I enabled the >1GB option on the > SCSI card BIOS, remade the Linux partitions and tried again to install > FreeBSD. This time I get correct disk geometry, but end up with a > panic message "vm_alloc" and the system reboots. If you're trying to install the latest SNAP release, this is a known bogon, and you should hold off until the next one. > 3. Any advice/suggestions on above? BTW is there a way to boot by floppy > after system installation, or do I have to choose the bootmanager > option? And how to I pass parameters to the kernel to recognize my > 128MB RAM (it seems to see only 64)? Presuming you have two SCSI disks, boot the installation floppy and at the Boot: prompt type sd(1,a)/kernel. Installing the boot manager is a much better idea, IMHO. You need to read the handbook section on MAXMEM; basically the line options "MAXMEM=131072" in the kernel config file and a kernel rebuild will do the trick. > * Anastasios (Tasos) Drosopoulos * -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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