From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 20 23:35:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 977F116A4BF for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 23:35:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp (plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.81.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C15F43FDF for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 23:35:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from till@plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp) Received: from plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h7L6bU1Y051430; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:37:30 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from till@plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp) Received: (from till@localhost) by plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7L6bTL2051429; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:37:29 +0900 (JST) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:37:28 +0900 From: Till Plewe To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030821063728.GC22338@plewe.is.tsukuba.ac.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i-ja.1 Subject: trouble installing FreeBSD 5.1 on Vaio PCG-Z505VR/K and PCG N505 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: till@score.is.tsukuba.ac.jp List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 06:35:51 -0000 I run into the following problems trying to get FreeBSD5.1 onto the above two laptops (neither of which has a built in floppy/cd) Basic I use a USB floppy drive. (I only have a Panasonic KXL-808AN CDROM which is not recognized) I used 4 sets of boot floppies ( so floppies should not be the problem) Vaio PCG-Z505VR/K I insert kern.flp and then mfsroot.flp, but then the kernel boots up to umass1 and then the kernel panics. The last lines are: umass1: CBI reset failed, SHORT_XFER umass1: CBI bulk-in stall clear failed, TIMEOUT panic: Removing other than first element Vaio PCG N505 kern.flp and then mfsroot.flp work (drivers.flp doesn't; the floppy drive is not found any longer) kernel boots. Trying to get to install the various distribution sets I get the following problems: network I tried many networks cards, some of them on the list of supported hardware all refuse to configure the interface (ed1,wi0) using DHCP >From a dos partition: I get dos partition not found. I installed netbsd (installs without a hitch), made a dos partition (using netbsd), put the distribution sets in a directory /freebsd, reboot with the boot floppies select install from a dos partition distribution sets not found or some such message (I forgot) Since the {Free,Net}BSD naming schemes for hard drives differ I had some problems for FreeBSD to recognize the dos partition (it was hiding inside the NetBSD partition) Please cc any suggestions you might have to me. Thanks, Till