Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 12:03:06 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: "Thomas D. Dean" <tomdean@wavecable.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Install from .iso Fails Message-ID: <20190901120306.bce8f625.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <c63846ca-74cd-510a-6262-9ba01e70918a@wavecable.com> References: <74e749a3-b544-9bd5-d33a-31a05ede550d@wavecable.com> <0aa49415-4e1b-afe8-8e2a-b14935838ba0@wavecable.com> <c63846ca-74cd-510a-6262-9ba01e70918a@wavecable.com>
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2019 21:49:27 -0700, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > On 8/31/19 8:58 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > > On 8/31/19 8:49 PM, Thomas D. Dean wrote: > >> I tried to install FreeBSD and failed. > >> > >> I downloaded FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso, burned a CD, and= =20 > >> booted. > >> > >> The boot sequence did not complete.=A0 It was in a loop > >> ... > >> xchi resetting the controller > >> ... > >> xchi resetting the controller > >> > >> I could get to the ptty that was logged in as root.=A0 ps -ax seemed O= K. > >> > >> I think I had FreeBSD on this machine several years ago. > >> > >> Motherboard ASUS P9X79 PRO > >> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU > >> > >> Any ideas? > >> > >> Tom Dean > >=20 > > Typo: xhci rather than xchi. > >=20 > > From a Linux console, > >=20 > > > lsusb > > Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0cf3:3005 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3011=20 > > Bluetooth > > Bus 002 Device 004: ID 04f2:0939 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd > > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:0768 Microsoft Corp. Sidewinder X4 > > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching H= ub > > Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > Bus 006 Device 002: ID 2109:0810 VIA Labs, Inc. VL81x Hub > > Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub > > Bus 005 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub > > Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub > > Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching H= ub > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub > > _______________________________________________ >=20 > I switched to ttyv3 and killed all the bsdinstall processes. Then, I=20 > started bsdinstall. Looked good. When bsdinstalled started looking on=20 > the web for components to install, all the components were not found. >=20 > pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/12.0-RELEASE/base.txz no address record= =20 > found. >=20 > But, the install did do one thing. The "boot only" installation CD assumes you have some kind of Internet connection available, which is one of the first steps in bsdinstall pre-install configuration. From that point on, resources will be obtained via online connection. If you want to do a base install, use the DVD #1 disc image. It contains everything to install the OS. > I tried to install on ata3. bsdinstall actually created partitons on=20 > that disk. That is correct. Did you use the "auto" approach, or did you define everything manually? > BUT, BSDINSTALL ALSO STABBED ATA0 AND MADE IT UNBOOTABLE. Thanks. You probably selected to install the boot manager, which is to be installed on the 1st disk of the system (because that's where tne "post-POST entry point" is. In your case, ada0 is probably that first disk. > I guess FreeBSD install is just broken. Worked just fine for me; I recently used the DVD #1 to install 12.0 amd64 (single disk install onto a SSD as ada0). As per the handbook - downloaded, verified, burned, booted - worked. As it has for decades. :-) Coming back to the initial problem you described: Is your optical unit attached via USB? Or is it an internal (probably SATA) one? The error messages shown at the top indicate some problem with a USB controller... --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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