Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 16:29:38 -0400 From: Blake Meike <blakem@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Fwd: Install problems, Netfinity 5k w/Adaptec RAID Message-ID: <97B3A06A-A1F7-11D8-9737-0030655517D2@world.std.com>
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Hi, I asked this question last week. I got a very prompt and somewhat useful answer: this is a known bug in 5.2.1: use 4.9. Thanks very much. Would anyone be willing to tell me which known bug this is, so that I can track its progress, and thus know when it is safe for me to move to 5.x? I'm also more than a little interested in knowing what's going wrong... Many thanks, Blake Meike Begin forwarded message: > From: Blake Meike <blakem@world.std.com> > Date: May 3, 2004 7:35:08 AM EDT > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Install problems, Netfinity 5k w/Adaptec RAID > > Hi, > I'm hoping this will be easy to solve -- or at least easy to > diagnose. I'm new to FreeBSD, so I just don't know where to look yet. > > I have a Netfinity 5k, .6Gh SMP with an Adaptec RAID. It runs all > manner of Linuxes just fine. I'd like to start running BSD instead. > > Install from CD fails. If I leave APIC on, the boot into the > installer gets as far as a message that says: > > Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec > > Actually, if I wait a very long time, I get one more message: > > md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> ... > > If, on the other hand, I turn off APIC, I get into the installer just > fine. When I try to set the media to CD, however, installer tells me > that I have no CD drives (despite the fact that is is running from > one!) > > I'd appreciate any suggestions that would help me: > 1) identify the hardware that is causing the stall, so I can pull it > out > 2) explain to the installer where my CD drive is, with APIC off > > Many thanks, > Blake Meike >
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