From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 10 21:20:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB7937B8CB for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:20:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10EF943F75 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:20:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7B4KUUp071089 for ; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:20:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7B4KUbR071088; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200308110420.h7B4KUbR071088@freefall.freebsd.org> To: qa@FreeBSD.org From: Kevin Day Subject: Re: kern/47451: 5.0 GENERIC(sysinstall CD) locks during boot on Proliant ML530 X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Kevin Day List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 04:20:48 -0000 The following reply was made to PR kern/47451; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kevin Day To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, toasty@dragondata.com Cc: Subject: Re: kern/47451: 5.0 GENERIC(sysinstall CD) locks during boot on Proliant ML530 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:58:07 -0500 This still fails on 5.1-RELEASE, but will boot with ACPI disabled. When booting with ACPI enabled, the last thing I see is "Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec". With it disabled: Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec ata0-slave: timeout waiting for interrupt ata0-slave: ATA identify failed acd0: CDROM at ata0-master PIO4 Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle If anyone would like to see the results of acpidump or try anything, please let me know. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 11:01:24 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A2DC37B404 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:01:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9EEE43FAF for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:01:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7BI1HUp080818 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:01:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7BI1G10080812 for freebsd-qa@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:01:16 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:01:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200308111801.h7BI1G10080812@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:01:24 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2001/03/19] bin/25929 qa Can't use MAKEDEV in fixit mount o [2000/02/23] conf/16948 qa Sysinstall/disklabel: bad partition table o [2000/07/29] conf/20282 qa sysinstall does not recover some /etc fil o [2002/08/18] i386/41757 qa sysinstall 4.6.x unstable o [2001/03/16] misc/25851 qa Security hole in anonymous FTP setup scri o [2001/04/27] misc/26897 qa 4.3R sysinstall fails to create swap part o [2001/10/18] misc/31363 qa sysinstall "partition editor" silently co o [2002/05/26] misc/38582 qa sysinstall sets newfs flag after changing f [2002/06/02] misc/38835 qa sysinstall always installs crypto o [2003/04/18] misc/51146 qa Incorrect error message when configuring 10 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2003/05/15] bin/52271 qa sysinstall panics in machine with no hard o [1999/06/21] conf/12324 qa Sysinstall's fdisk partition editor is mi o [1999/12/28] conf/15748 qa sysinstall - upgrade o [1999/11/21] conf/15038 qa In sysinstall, easy to not notice that se o [2000/02/08] conf/16584 qa Hostname field too small during install ( o [2000/10/14] conf/21994 qa Config of Anonftp (at install) always cre a [2000/12/09] conf/23402 qa sysinstall upgrade ought to check partiti o [2003/01/18] conf/47204 qa base + XFree86 install fails -- crypto di f [2002/04/16] i386/37137 qa FreeBSD install doesn't recognize version o [2002/05/13] i386/38056 qa In Install, User (creation)'s "Member gro o [2002/05/23] i386/38477 qa In sysinstall's Choose Distributions scre o [2002/05/23] i386/38478 qa In sysinstall's Choose Distributions scre o [2002/05/23] i386/38480 qa sysinstall should prompt for normal users o [2002/06/20] i386/39574 qa Error mounting /dev/acd0c on /dist: No su o [1997/09/28] misc/4646 qa Can't fixit with an NFS-mounted CD. s [1998/07/10] misc/7232 qa Suggestion for FreeBSD installation dialo o [2001/02/06] misc/24907 qa Options screen at MenuMedia menu problem o [2001/08/20] misc/29893 qa suggestions for 4.4 sysinstall o [2002/04/16] misc/37160 qa /stand/sysinstall coredumps when trying t o [2002/05/26] misc/38583 qa sysinstall installs crypto sources when / o [2002/08/23] misc/41949 qa sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.conf during netb 21 problems total. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 11:02:45 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE12D37B414 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D815B43FE1 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:02:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (peter@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7BI2YUp082449 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:02:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7BI2Yje082442 for qa@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:02:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:02:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200308111802.h7BI2Yje082442@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: peter set sender to owner-bugmaster@freebsd.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to you X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:02:45 -0000 Current FreeBSD problem reports Critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2003/01/22] bin/47384 qa sysinstall ignores intended destination d o [2003/02/16] bin/48341 qa Sysinstall deletes mbr although it should f [2002/08/08] i386/41437 qa sysinstall 4.6 RELEASE - hang f [2002/08/21] i386/41860 qa sysinstall rel. 4.5 and 4.6 hangs o [2002/05/30] misc/38748 qa FreeBSD 4.5 Keyboard problem cannot insta o [2002/07/14] misc/40575 qa Kern.flp boot floppy error f [2002/08/30] misc/42221 qa Signal 11 core dumped when fetchin index o [2002/10/25] misc/44471 qa 4.6 install writes MBR even when specifie 8 problems total. Serious problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [2001/02/28] bin/25461 qa sysinstall's fdisk and disklabel don't wo o [2001/09/26] bin/30837 qa Sysinstall doesn't set the schg flag on t o [2002/05/27] bin/38609 qa Sysinstall should know the size of the va o [2002/07/16] bin/40656 qa patch: sysinstall: scripted deletion of s o [2003/06/27] bin/53839 qa sysinstall disklabel editor fails on post o [2002/03/29] conf/36508 qa installation floppy bug (See description) o [2002/04/08] conf/36911 qa installation floppies miss autoload file f [2001/05/29] i386/27729 qa the ls120 device "afd" does not show up u o [2001/08/01] i386/29375 qa the disk editor used by /stand/sysinstall o [2002/11/21] i386/45565 qa sysinstall: write error, filesystem full o [2002/08/21] kern/41850 qa sysinstall fails to create root filesyste f [2003/01/24] kern/47451 qa 5.0 GENERIC(sysinstall CD) locks during b o [2001/12/30] misc/33370 qa Post configuration issue o [2002/04/29] misc/37585 qa System hangs on install at probing device o [2002/04/30] misc/37586 qa newfs failing in 5.0-DP1 initial install o [2002/07/06] misc/40260 qa sysinstall hangs up detecting devices (No 16 problems total. Non-critical problems S Submitted Tracker Resp. Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o [1999/10/13] bin/14318 qa sysinstall upon install has some counter- o [2000/03/22] bin/17546 qa Sysinstall does not let you configure NIS o [2000/08/28] bin/20908 qa /stand/sysinstall too limited in selectio o [2001/01/18] bin/24435 qa Changing slice type causes Auto-partition o [2001/04/28] bin/26919 qa sysinstall' fdisk can ONLY set bootable f o [2001/05/20] bin/27483 qa make sysinstall ask for the keymap at ins o [2002/05/27] bin/38610 qa Sysinstall should be able to mount ISO im o [2002/10/17] bin/44188 qa cannot install FreeBSD 4.0-4.6 to Compaq o [2003/01/09] bin/46905 qa FreeBSD 5.x cannot be installed from mult o [2003/03/06] bin/48989 qa Sysinstall's partition editor gets confu o [2003/06/15] bin/53341 qa dump frequency in sysinstall is always th o [2001/11/26] conf/32288 qa After install: /etc/rc complains if crypt o [2002/11/22] conf/45608 qa Install should config all ether devices, o [2003/06/09] conf/53131 qa "ALL" could not turn check BOXes ON at pa o [1998/11/27] i386/8867 qa /stand/sysinstall core dumps (signal 11) o [1999/09/24] i386/13936 qa No clear indictaion of how much space to o [2001/05/08] i386/27216 qa Can not get to shell prompt from serial c o [2002/05/12] i386/37999 qa In /stand/sysinstall, 's' selects Options o [2002/05/13] i386/38055 qa In Install, Groups (creation) item should o [2002/08/25] i386/42022 qa sysinstall in non-interactive mode prompt o [2002/08/29] i386/42162 qa Installation (sysinstall) crashes, md0c f o [2002/07/23] kern/40926 qa After Upgrading or Clean Installing 4.6, o [2002/09/19] kern/42977 qa FreeBSD installer doesn't probe past EISA o [2001/06/04] misc/27872 qa "Load Config" (sysinstall) hangs Compaq D o [2001/09/11] misc/30517 qa using sysinstall with install.cfg has no o [2002/02/28] misc/35400 qa sysinstall could improve manipulation of o [2002/04/08] misc/36916 qa DOS active partition flag lost in libdisk o [2002/05/13] misc/38057 qa "install" document doesn't display correc o [2002/06/03] misc/38854 qa Resetting the sysinstall during setup cau o [2002/06/16] misc/39360 qa If linux emu is added as a dependency (an o [2002/08/01] misc/41238 qa problems with FreeBSD installation on a d o [2002/08/17] misc/41744 qa Cannot stop comat22 from being extracted o [2002/09/18] misc/42934 qa installation procedure on install floppie o [2002/10/08] misc/43825 qa please remove object files in source (src o [2002/11/04] misc/44915 qa 'choose installation media' choose CD-ROM o [2002/11/12] misc/45254 qa Sysinstall installs things it should not o [2003/01/01] misc/46670 qa 5.0-RC2 install leaves CD drawer locked. o [2003/01/21] misc/47314 qa Install requires a swap partition. o [2003/02/04] misc/47908 qa /stand/sysinstall can't display document 39 problems total. From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 07:10:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E45237B432 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E35343FBD for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:10:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7CEAFUp020152 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:10:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7CEAF3T020151; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:10:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:10:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200308121410.h7CEAF3T020151@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org From: Craig Carey Subject: Re: misc/38582: sysinstall sets newfs flag after changing mount point X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Craig Carey List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 14:10:23 -0000 The following reply was made to PR misc/38582; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Craig Carey To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: nludban@columbus.rr.com, ob@www.partner.de Subject: Re: misc/38582: sysinstall sets newfs flag after changing mount point Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:05:27 +1200 I note that these two problem reports appear to be reporting the same problem: misc/38582: "sysinstall sets newfs flag after changing mount point" [26 May 2002] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=misc/38582 bin/31837: "sysinstall change mountpoint" [7 Nov 2001] "... then ... change the mount point in the disk labeling, the newfs flag switch from no format to newfs !. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/31837 PS. Sysinstall has 2 bugs that could result in loss of over xxxxGB per user: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/47384 [22 Jan 2003] "Machine has two disks, ad0 (existing 5.0 system) and da0 (scratch disk). Selecting da0 as the target for 'partition' and then following that by the sequence 'label/distribution/commit' results in a wiped ad0." http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=i386/29375 "the disk editor used by /stand/sysinstall gets confused by slices that are not labelled in order and writes the partition table incorrectly." -- C Carey From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 19:22:25 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B217F37B401 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:22:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from twix.hotpop.com (twix.hotpop.com [204.57.55.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E527643FBF for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:22:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eb30750@HotPOP.com) Received: from hotpop.com (kubrick.hotpop.com [204.57.55.16]) by twix.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 8205456D14F for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:22:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from CPQ25135281132.HotPOP.com (unknown [68.30.11.90]) by smtp-1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FB211A0223 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:22:18 +0000 (UTC) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030812210314.00b49700@pop.hotpop.com> X-Sender: eb30750@pop.hotpop.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 21:22:04 -0500 To: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org From: Paul Lambert Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: more on Problem Report i386/39574 X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:22:26 -0000 I have obtained version 5.1 of FreeBSD and attempted to install it. Still get the same errors though not as much detail is given. The error reads "unable to transfer .... from ufs" where ... represents the specific distribution such as /manpages, /dist, etc. When performing a mount command while in the "fixit" shell I get /dev/acd0 on /dist (cd9660, local, read-only). Previous documentation always referred to the CDROM drive as /dev/cd0c, especially in the FreeBSD handbook. Is our problem a typo? I have reviewed the first several chapters of the publication "FreeBSD" by Walnut Creek that I obtained when version 4.4 was released. Between reading the www.freebsd.org web and this publication it is not totally clear if I still need a floppy boot disk. Maybe this is the problem. The book seems to imply that although a CDROM is available that sysinstall must run from the floppy. Of course, this is further complicated since the file "boot.flp" on the floppies directory is 2.8 meg much larger than a floppy can hold. Which of course contradicts the web page instructions on using "fdimage" to make a boot floppy in the first place. If there is a quick fix to this, send it along to "lambert_paul_j@lilly.com" and I will replace the files and burn a new CD and let you know. Otherwise it appears that this problem will linger indefinitely. There are other significant errors with the 5.1 install that weren't there in 5.0. For example, after I click "no" to the 15 or so transfer errors, the system goes ahead and congratulates me on a successful install and asks if I want to configure networking,user accounts, etc. even though no software has been installed. In version 5.0 at least the install program detected a bad install and terminated the post install configuration. It also appears in 5.1 that it cycles 2-3 times through the transfer errors before giving up. Thanks Paul From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 11:27:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BCE737B401 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A62A43F85 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:27:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1E87172DD4; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B67372DD2; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:27:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:27:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Paul Lambert In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030812210314.00b49700@pop.hotpop.com> Message-ID: <20030813111635.G94911@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030812210314.00b49700@pop.hotpop.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: lambert_paul_j@lilly.com cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: more on Problem Report i386/39574 X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:27:02 -0000 cc: ing your other mail address for coverage I read the PR and your followup to it. Insulting people is not going to get the problem fixed. On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Paul Lambert wrote: > I have obtained version 5.1 of FreeBSD and attempted to install it. Still > get the same errors though not as much detail is given. The error reads > "unable to transfer .... from ufs" where ... represents the specific > distribution such as /manpages, /dist, etc. This sounds like bad hardware (drive, controller, cable, or disc itself) since the drive is having problems reading the CD. Without further details, like dmesg and output from the error console (Alt-F2 in sysinstall), its hard to pin down. Typically in this instance I'd recommend installing FreeBSD on another system, moving the disk drive over, and booting with -v to see if the error persists and get more details. This would be more interesting if more people were reporting problems like this. One off PRs are usually due to local circumstances and are not indicitive of a bug. > When performing a mount command while in the "fixit" shell I get /dev/acd0 > on /dist (cd9660, local, read-only). Previous documentation always > referred to the CDROM drive as /dev/cd0c, especially in the FreeBSD > handbook. Is our problem a typo? acd is an ATAPI CDROM; cd is a SCSI CDROM. > I have reviewed the first several chapters of the publication "FreeBSD" by > Walnut Creek that I obtained when version 4.4 was released. Between > reading the www.freebsd.org web and this publication it is not totally > clear if I still need a floppy boot disk. Maybe this is the problem. The > book seems to imply that although a CDROM is available that sysinstall must > run from the floppy. CD booting is a BIOS function. If your BIOS will not boot the FreeBSD CDs then you must use floppies. Any system that was certified for the Windows NT logo program should support it, which is pretty much every system built since the mid-1990s. The only times I've had problems is when the BIOS was not set up to search the CDROM in the boot order. > Of course, this is further complicated since the file "boot.flp" on the > floppies directory is 2.8 meg much larger than a floppy can hold. Which of > course contradicts the web page instructions on using "fdimage" to make a > boot floppy in the first place. The instructions also say to use kern.flp and mfsroot.flp for your disk images. boot.flp is only if you have a 2.88MB floppy drive (very, very rare) or are booting off of CD as it is the El Torito boot image. On 5.X, we boot CDs directly, and don't even need that image. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org From owner-freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 14:57:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4886B37B401 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:57:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com (fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com [66.185.86.71]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DC0243FCB for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:57:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cwass99@rogers.com) Received: from marvin.wass.net ([24.157.30.158]) by fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.comESMTP <20030813215747.QHYJ7514.fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com@marvin.wass.net>; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:57:47 -0400 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030812210314.00b49700@pop.hotpop.com> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:00:30 -0400 (EDT) Sender: cwass@marvin.wass.net From: cwass99@rogers.com To: Paul Lambert X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH LOGIN at fep01-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com from [24.157.30.158] using ID at Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:57:46 -0400 cc: freebsd-qa@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: more on Problem Report i386/39574 X-BeenThere: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Quality Assurance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 21:57:49 -0000 Hi Paul, I don't know if this is any help at all or not, but I initially had the same problem with 5.1. I think it was a problem with the CD, as when I burned a new one, everything worked fine. I suspect in my case, the reader is getting a little dirty and flakey, it certainly is old enough. I agree the other issues you point out (congratulations...) need to be addressed. Cheers, Colin On 13-Aug-2003 Paul Lambert wrote: > I have obtained version 5.1 of FreeBSD and attempted to install it. Still > get the same errors though not as much detail is given. The error reads > "unable to transfer .... from ufs" where ... represents the specific > distribution such as /manpages, /dist, etc. > > When performing a mount command while in the "fixit" shell I get /dev/acd0 > on /dist (cd9660, local, read-only). Previous documentation always > referred to the CDROM drive as /dev/cd0c, especially in the FreeBSD > handbook. Is our problem a typo? > > I have reviewed the first several chapters of the publication "FreeBSD" by > Walnut Creek that I obtained when version 4.4 was released. Between > reading the www.freebsd.org web and this publication it is not totally > clear if I still need a floppy boot disk. Maybe this is the problem. The > book seems to imply that although a CDROM is available that sysinstall must > run from the floppy. > > Of course, this is further complicated since the file "boot.flp" on the > floppies directory is 2.8 meg much larger than a floppy can hold. Which of > course contradicts the web page instructions on using "fdimage" to make a > boot floppy in the first place. > > If there is a quick fix to this, send it along to > "lambert_paul_j@lilly.com" and I will replace the files and burn a new CD > and let you know. Otherwise it appears that this problem will linger > indefinitely. > > There are other significant errors with the 5.1 install that weren't there > in 5.0. For example, after I click "no" to the 15 or so transfer errors, > the system goes ahead and congratulates me on a successful install and asks > if I want to configure networking,user accounts, etc. even though no > software has been installed. In version 5.0 at least the install program > detected a bad install and terminated the post install configuration. It > also appears in 5.1 that it cycles 2-3 times through the transfer errors > before giving up. > > Thanks > > Paul > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-qa@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qa > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-qa-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ---------------------------------- E-Mail: cwass99@rogers.com Date: 13-Aug-2003 Time: 17:57:48 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------