From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 12 11:16:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org 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 0E7D016A400 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:16:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ehrhard.herbst@sz-online.de) Received: from smtp.sz-online.de (smtp.sz-online.de [193.98.117.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 252BD43D45 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:16:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ehrhard.herbst@sz-online.de) Received: (qmail 29290 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2006 11:15:26 -0000 Received: from smtp.sz-online.de (HELO webmail.sz-online.de) (193.98.117.121) by smtp.sz-online.de with SMTP; 12 Mar 2006 11:15:26 -0000 Received: from 145.254.77.152 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ehrhard.herbst) by webmail.sz-online.de with HTTP; Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:15:26 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <48967.145.254.77.152.1142162126.squirrel@webmail.sz-online.de> In-Reply-To: References: <39964.145.254.80.158.1142117058.squirrel@webmail.sz-online.de> Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:15:26 +0100 (CET) From: ehrhard.herbst@sz-online.de To: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Problem Installing FreeBSD 6.0, asking for help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:16:20 -0000 > I believe you are saying that 5.2 is currently installed on > the hard drive and you want to do a fresh install from scratch of > 6.0. > > You have to change the pc bios setup to boot from the cd drive > instead of from the hard drive. > The pc will then boot from the 6.0 cd and install 6.0 destroying the > 5.2 system on the hard drive along with any user data you had. After > 6.0 is installed you have to change the bios back to booting from > the hard drive. > > Be sure you have a backup of any user data on the 5.2 system you > want saved. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of > ehrhard.herbst@sz-online.de > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 5:44 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Problem Installing FreeBSD 6.0, asking for help > > > Hello, > > may I ask you for help with the following Problem: > When I try to install FreeBsd6.0, there is the following error > during the > boot process (because the system is not able to boot from CD, I have > to boot > from floppy) occurs: > ahc0: probe1:ahc0:0:1:0: SCB 6: immediate reset Flags 0x620 > ahc0: probe1:ahc0:0:1:0: No longer in timeout, status=25b > ahc0: Issued channel A bus reset, SCBs 6 aborted. > ... > ... > ... > > There are variants of the messages with different SCB, flags and > status. > > As a result, the install program does not find any disk. > FreeBSD5.2 is running and dmesg produces the following output: > > Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, > 1994 > The Regents of the University of California. All rights > reserved. > FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004 > root@wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0a35000. > Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0a351f4. > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > CPU: Intel Pentium III (797.97-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x686 Stepping = 6 > > Features=0x383f9ff CA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,SSE> > real memory = 268369920 (255 MB) > avail memory = 251047936 (239 MB) > Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled > npx0: [FAST] > npx0: on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > acpi0: on motherboard > pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 > Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00fdee0 > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x4008-0x400b on > acpi0 > acpi_cpu0: on acpi0 > acpi_button0: on acpi0 > acpi_button1: on acpi0 > pcib0: port > 0x5000-0x500f,0x4080-0x40ff,0x4000-0x407f,0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0 > pci0: on pcib0 > pcib0: slot 9 INTA is routed to irq 10 > pcib0: slot 10 INTA is routed to irq 12 > pcib0: slot 11 INTA is routed to irq 5 > agp0: mem > 0xd8000000-0xdbffffff at device 0.0 on pci0 > pcib1: at device 1.0 on pci0 > pci1: on pcib1 > pcib0: slot 1 INTA is routed to irq 11 > pcib1: slot 0 INTA is routed to irq 11 > pci1: at device 0.0 (no driver attached) > isab0: at device 7.0 on pci0 > isa0: on isab0 > atapci0: port 0xd000-0xd00f at > device 7.1 > on pci0 > ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 > ata0: [MPSAFE] > ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 > ata1: [MPSAFE] > pci0: at device 7.3 (no driver attached) > rl0: port 0xd800-0xd8ff mem > 0xe3001000-0xe30010ff irq 10 at device 9.0 on pci0 > rl0: Ethernet address: 00:40:33:ab:df:66 > miibus0: on rl0 > rlphy0: on miibus0 > rlphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto > pci0: at device 10.0 (no driver attached) > ahc0: port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem > 0xe3000000-0xe3000fff irq 5 at device 11.0 on pci0 > aic7870: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/253 SCBs > fdc0: port > 0x3f7,0x3f2-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0 > fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0 > sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 > sio0: type 16550A > sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 > sio1: type 16550A > ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 > ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode > ppbus0: on ppc0 > plip0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: on ppbus0 > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > ppi0: on ppbus0 > atkbdc0: port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 > atkbd0: flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 > kbd0 at atkbd0 > orm0: