From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 31 6: 4:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from netexsw.com (www.netexsw.com [216.17.38.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C906037B698 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 06:04:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntserver1.NETEXSW.com (ntserver1.netexsw.com [10.1.1.1]) by netexsw.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA20129 for ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:04:36 -0600 Received: by ntserver1.netexsw.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:05:31 -0600 Message-ID: <57162A3D10EDD2119BBD0008C7F9A11D1DE422@ntserver1.netexsw.com> From: "Miller , Allen M." To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Netfinity 5000 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:05:28 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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