Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:05:28 -0600 From: "Miller , Allen M." <Allen.Miller@Netexsw.Com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Netfinity 5000 Message-ID: <57162A3D10EDD2119BBD0008C7F9A11D1DE422@ntserver1.netexsw.com>
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I purchased FreeBSD 4.0 on Monday from Best Buy here in Minneapolis. I am attempting to install on an IBM Netfinity model 5000 with 9G harddrive. When I use the entire disk for FreeBSD, the installer gets a page fault and attempts to reboot ad nauseum. When I set up a 2G slice, create slices, choose install everything (same results on minimum system), I get messages: Blue screeen continues until "All Filessytems information written successfully" and hangs. screen 2 (alt pf2) shows more information: Debug Generating /etc/fstab file acd0:READ_TOC command timeout .. resetting ata0:Resetting devices .. done acd0:read data overrun 12/0 acd0: READ_BIG command timeout .. resetting ata0: reesetting devices .. done The last two messages repeat about 5 times and hangs. I now realize FreeBSD 4.2 is available and would like to return 4.0. This my be possible if you confirm to Best Buy that is what I need. I tried the disks on an older pentium system and install was somewhat successful. I didn't complete it as that is not the system I require. Red Hat Linux installs on the Netfinity with no problems. Allen Miller 763 694 4310 al.miller@netex.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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