Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 23:45:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Jacobs <danielj@cheshirecat.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.1R installation woes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122343130.75532-100000@www.cheshirecat.net>
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I have been using FreeBSD for years on much different hardware.
Currently I have a SuperMicro P6DGU dual-PIII motherboard that I am trying
to install to. This motherboard has an Adaptec AIC7890 on board, a 3C509c
NIC, and IBM LVD SCSI-3 drives. There is also an OnStream tape drive on
the other SCSI channel, but I have it disconnected whilst trying to figure
this out. This machine has run Linux without any problems, but I would
much rather run FreeBSD on it. So I used Partitition Magic to wipe the
drives clean, made root and boot floppies of 4.1-Release, and figured I
would be FTP'ing the OS in no time. Unfortunately, that was 4 days ago.
The system invariably hangs with no error messages after (this is with
boot -c):
==================================================================
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c
start_init: trying /sbin/init
start_init: trying /sbin/oinit
start_init: trying /sbin/init.bak
start_init: trying /stand/sysinstall
da0 at ahc0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <IBM DNES-309170W SAH0> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da0: Serial Number AJHRZ807
da0: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 30, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 8748MB (17916240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C)
da1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <IBM DNES-309170W SAH0> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-3 device
da1: Serial Number AJHRZ811
da1: 80.000MB/s transfers (40.000MHz, offset 30, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da1: 8748MB (17916240 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 1115C)
==================================================================
At this point it just hangs :( Any input or suggestions would be most
appreciated. I have tried it with different video cards and even with all
the hard drives disconnected and it still hangs.
I suspect the SCSI controller, but I am at a loss.
Daniel Jacobs | danielj@cheshirecat.net | Internet & Unix Consulting
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In life, may you proceed with balance and stealth." - Patti Smith
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