Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:21:00 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing 8.0-current-200906 snapshot Message-ID: <20090622112100.GA1030@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <7C7F081C-334B-4BE5-8D6D-7EA53D42B40E@mac.com> References: <20090619130714.GA83427@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <b5ef8d5c0906190734x716dc90eh98ce945fd7b088de@mail.gmail.com> <20090619161757.GA83945@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <7C7F081C-334B-4BE5-8D6D-7EA53D42B40E@mac.com>
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:37:57AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
>
> On Jun 19, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 08:34:49AM -0600, ToyoRunner wrote:
> >> I encounter the same error message. It means that for what ever
> >> reason
> >> the kernel cannot negotiate DMA transfers with the CD drive. You can
> >> either ignore it or stop the boot loader and run the command: set
> >> hw.ata.atapi_dma=0
> >
> > thank you, I was able to install the minimal configuration.
> > However, on reboot, I can't see where my FBSD is.. So I can't boot it.
> >
> > I can see this:
> >
> > fs0:\boot> ls
> > Directory of: fs0:\boot
>
> Try "dir" instead of "ls".
no difference. In addition `ls' has on-screen help, but `dir' hasn't
> > Not sure what to do next. And why is loader.efi zero size?
>
> Typically you run loader.efi by typing
> fs0:\boot> loader <enter>
[skip]
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.efi
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 support.4th
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.rc
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.4th
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 skiload
06/12/09 06:56p r 0 device.hints
06/12/09 06:55p r 0 loader.help
7 File(s) 0 bytes
8 Dir(s)
fs0:\boot> loader
'loader' not found
Exit status code: Invalid Parameter
fs0:\boot>
I'll give it another go.
--
Anton Shterenlikht
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Mech Eng Dept
Bristol University
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