Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 12:38:51 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Michael Lay <n5ptn@bga.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IDE Problem? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970102123738.237K-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19970102003538.268f3d60@bga.com>
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On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Michael Lay wrote: > Is the note about IDE support being alpha quality apply only to the CDROM's > or all IDE devices? I have obtained the Walnut Creek 2.1.5 August 1996 > CDROM set and am having problems trying to install it. I am on an all IDE > system though. System is: CDROMs only, although that code has been around for three releases now. :) > ??? Motherboard w/PCI and VLB (UMC I think, but it doesn't say anywhere!) > 32MEG Ram > Conner 400Meg HD > Seagate ST-1090A HD (75Meg) > NEC (Oak) IDE CD-ROM > SMC Ultra/16 Ethernet combo card > 1.44M diskette > 1.2M diskette > SVGA Card w/1Meg Ram > > I start the install by booting from a boot floppy. I get through the > config utility to the point where it starts to actually do work. It > appears to make it through the newfs commands and fails when it goes to > write the kernal to /STAND. Exact symptom varies a little, but centers > around a message indicating that there is no kernal to write to the > disk. Check the debug console on ALT-F2 for a detailed explanation of the problem. > At first I thought it was just because the CD-ROM is IDE. Then I > went back and made a DOS partition and tried to install from that. This > way, I get the same basic problem. Interestingly, I found different > failures depending on which IDE drive the DOS partition was on and where > in relation to the BSD partition (On the Conner drive) the DOS partition > was (before or after the BSD partition). I am beginning to wonder if I > missed an instruction to change CD's or if I just got a bad set of > CD's??? Your bin distribution may be corrupted. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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