Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:44:13 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: "Miller , Allen M." <Allen.Miller@Netexsw.Com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 4.0 on Netfinity 5000 Message-ID: <3A7824BD.FF3BF02B@wmptl.com> References: <57162A3D10EDD2119BBD0008C7F9A11D1DE422@ntserver1.netexsw.com>
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"Miller , Allen M." wrote: > > 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 Seems to me like you have a SCSI termination problem. For some reason the thing keeps timing out to the drive, and resetting the SCSI bus. I've had this happen to me before; it was just a simple termination problem. Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://home.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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