From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 9 13:29:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6415916A4CE for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 13:29:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.speakeasy.net (mail3.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D592743D39 for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 13:29:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from blakem@world.std.com) Received: (qmail 10932 invoked from network); 9 May 2004 20:29:39 -0000 Received: from callmeike.net (HELO mail.callmeike.net) ([66.92.65.81]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 9 May 2004 20:29:39 -0000 Received: from [192.168.89.130] (emma.callmeike.net [192.168.89.130]) by mail.callmeike.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA0037EA0 for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 16:29:38 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <97B3A06A-A1F7-11D8-9737-0030655517D2@world.std.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org From: Blake Meike Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 16:29:38 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Subject: Fwd: Install problems, Netfinity 5k w/Adaptec RAID X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 20:29:40 -0000 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 > 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 ... > > 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 >