From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Oct 1 13:55:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f242.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.241.242]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 291ED37B66C for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2000 13:55:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 1 Oct 2000 13:55:57 -0700 Received: from 199.45.200.140 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 01 Oct 2000 20:55:56 GMT X-Originating-IP: [199.45.200.140] From: "Drew Redman" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Help (again) Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 20:55:56 GMT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Oct 2000 20:55:57.0041 (UTC) FILETIME=[FEE8AE10:01C02BE9] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ok, I think we're on to something here... I disabling the parallel port in BIOS and rebooting.. Now, the last error before it displays "Waiting 15 seconds..." says "RTC BIOS diagnostic error 20" Any more ideas? Thanks a lot, drew >From: Heredity Choice >To: Drew Redman >CC: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: FreeBSD Install Help >Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 09:19:02 -0700 (PDT) > >Your hardware description sounds fine, but there may be something about >your SCSI that FreeBSD does not like. > >See if you get additional information by hitting Alt-F2. When it hangs, >the last line is the clue to the problem. > >Assuming your harddrive is properly terminated and on ID 0, you should >check the drive for bad clusters. Use Scandisk if you are running M$. I >find that DOS is much more tolerant of bad clusters than is FreeBSD. I >have a new SCSI drive (which will be going back to IBM this week) which >has a thousand bad clusters at the beginning. FreeBSD will not touch it >but DOS installs quite cheerfully. > >Paul Smith >stork@qnet.com > >On Sun, 1 Oct 2000, Drew Redman wrote: > > > Hey All, > > I'm new to both FreeBSD and this list, so please go easy... > > > > Recently, I downloaded the FreeBSD 4.1 ISO. After burning it, I >attempted to > > install it by setting up the bios on my box to boot from the cdrom. Then >I > > put the cd in and booted into the FreeBSD setup with the cd. When the > > computer first boots from the cd, it begins loading the kernel, then >gives a > > menu screen asking if I want to configure the kernel or continue without > > configuring. Regardless of which option I choose, the problem still >exists. > > Anyway, so I choose an option and the kernel continues to load. Then, I >get > > a message saying "Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle". Well, >15 > > seconds comes and goes and nothing happens. I've waited up to 30 minutes >for > > it to proceed and it never does.. I have no idea what to try next. Any >tips > > anyone out there could give me would be a huge help. > > Thank You, > > drew > > > > BTW- Yes the box is fast enough to support FreeBSD, its a PPro 200, 64 >megs > > of RAM, and a 4 gig drive.. and I'm using a Adaptec 2940A SCSI >adapter... > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message