Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:28:18 +0100 From: "'Wilko Bulte'" <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Thomas Kovacs <Thomas.Kovacs@t-online.de>, "'Andrew Gallatin'" <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AW: AW: AW: as2100 unexpected machine check while installing Message-ID: <20011211102818.C68844@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200112092016.fB9KGbe01141@mass.dis.org>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:16:37PM -0800 References: <000001c180e8$53f68f40$0100a8c0@rebecca> <200112092016.fB9KGbe01141@mass.dis.org>
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On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:16:37PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: Assuming that this does not get fixed for 4.5R: should this be rel-noted maybe? Is it x86 and alpha, meaning is it MI or MD? W/ > Bug(s) in the Mylex driver. Matthew Dodd has my controllers, so I can't > fix this, sorry. Pester him; he was going to maintain this driver. 8( > > > > Ok. I tried your build. The Mylex is being recognised. Disklabel is > > writing information's onto the disks and the "partitions" (sorry, still > > thinking in NT...) where successfully created. Then I choose "minimal" > > and the installation starts. And now to the part, where I was nearly > > started crying: > > > > - the copy process gets slower and slower > > - it seems like the machine freezes > > > > when I opened the console "alt+f2" I saw this nice messages: > > > > -> mlx0: I/O error - attempt to write beyond end of drive > > > > I updated the Mylex bios to 2.7 (3.xx would work but I don't know by now > > where to get this 2nd chip...) I went back to NT console and installed > > it. It worked... > > Restarted the FreeBSD installation. Same error. > > > > Any ideas??? > > > > Thx, Thomas > > > > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG] Im Auftrag von Wilko Bulte > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2001 23:54 > > An: Andrew Gallatin; obrien@FreeBSD.ORG > > Cc: Thomas Kovacs; freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG > > Betreff: Re: AW: AW: as2100 unexpected machine check while installing > > > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 09:51:32PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 03:00:26PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > >=20 > > > > Thomas Kovacs writes: > > > > > Me again... > > > > >=20 > > > > > Back from holydays I tried to install FreeBSD on the alpha > > (AS2100 > > > > > 5/300). As I said before, I was able to boot. But with your disks > > the > > > > > system is not recognizing my CD drive :( . Unfortunately the ftp > > > >=20 > > > > > > > I'm willing to send out some fine German Christmas beer (strong, > > but > > > > > good :). > > > > >=20 > > > >=20 > > > > Wilko mentioned something about building an alpha snapshot last > > week. > > > > Perhaps he could post the install floppies.. That would be the > > > > easiest thing. > > >=20 > > > I built a snapshot, after David trimmed the bootfloppy kernel > > (again..) > > > that worked OK. I'm waiting for David to tell me where he wants the > > > snapshot to go (it is destined for ftp-master I think). > > > > For now it (the miniinst.iso; disc2.iso is still uploading) is as > > http://people.freebsd.org/~wilko/alpha-snap > > > > I'm waiting for David's input on how to get it on ftp-master. > > > > Wilko > > [who likes German beer BTW ;) ] > > --=20 > > | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org > > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands=09 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message > > -- > ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his > rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want > to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force > people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] > V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E > ---end of quoted text--- -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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