From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 16:13:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A089616A4CE for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:13:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from viola.lan.tkym.org (c192160.ppp.asahi-net.or.jp [210.155.192.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DDBE944008 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:13:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tekezo@aiit.co.jp) Received: (qmail 4646 invoked by uid 2001); 6 Nov 2003 00:13:16 -0000 Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:13:16 +0900 From: Takayama Fumihiko To: Lars Eggert Message-ID: <20031106001316.GA820%tekezo@aiit.co.jp> References: <3FA2BA79.80208@isi.edu> <20031031223900.GA794%tekezo@aiit.co.jp> <3FA96FE8.4000803@isi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FA96FE8.4000803@isi.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i-ja.1 cc: current Subject: Re: sysinstall issues (was Re: Toshiba Portege R100: 5.1-JPSNAP install CD hangs) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 00:13:20 -0000 Hi, > >>booting a Toshiba Portege R100 off Wednesday's 5.1-JPSNAP install CD > >>hangs early during the boot, with or without ACPI. It may be related to > >>probing the graphics chip, see the attached snapshot. > >> > >R100 has problem with PnP for FreeBSD. > >My Toshiba Portege R100 on FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE can boot by below process. > > > >1) enter BIOS setup (booting with press ESC) > >2) [Device Config] change to "All Devices" from "Setup by OS" > > Thank you very much, Fumihiko-san, that solved the booting problem! > > However, I was still unable to install 5.1-JPSNAP on the machine. With > the BIOS settings you suggested, I managed to get to sysinstall. After > specifying the desired install setting, sysinstall refuses to install, f > claiming it did not detect a CD/DVD drive? > > The drive in question is detected during boot as: > > umass0: NewAge International STORIX Optical Series, rev 2.00/0.01 > (see http://www.isi.edu/larse/misc/DSC00909.JPG) > > Can sysinstall not install off of USB drives? In my case using "NOVAC CD-R/RW Station for USB", very very slow data transfer (maybe using USB 1.1 but 2.0), so I actually install FreeBSD from FTP. CD-ROM installing is impractical, though possible. (http://www.novac.co.jp/products/hardware/nv-station/nv-cr340u/index.html [this page is written by Japanese]) > To circumvent this issue, I copied the install CD contents onto a local > FTP server, and tried a network install. After contacting the server and > formatting the partition, sysinstall panic'ed died with an ffs panic. A > snapshot of the traceback is here: > http://www.isi.edu/larse/misc/DSC00908.JPG Umm, I got this error by update install, not clean install. > Any ideas on how to pull -current onto this laptop, other then > installing -stable and compiling from scratch? "5.1-RELEASE installing first, then cvsup to -current" is better, I think... (My laptop works fine by this step). Thanks. -- Takayama Fumihiko