Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 22:07:51 +1000 (EST) From: User Raymond <raymond@one.com.au> Subject: More on AS200 won't install Message-ID: <200005121207.WAA07241@gw.one.com.au>
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To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Yet one more bloody time... > Continuing the saga... > > > Same thing happens when booting from Walnut Creek 4.0-RELEASE CDROM > > and from kern & mfsroot floppies made from that CD. > > > > I also tried booting CD #2 and using kernel.GENERIC - this actually > > got to the stage of telling me that it couldn't find its root > > on da0 when it should have been looking at cd0. I got that up > > using the srm -fl cd9660:cd0a switch but this wouldn't work > > with CD #1 and I've no idea of the device name for mfsroot. > > I have just tried: > > 1. Booting V3.4 (downloaded) still says "can't find init" > 2. Booting V3.2 (floppies from CD dist) ditto > > THEN, I tried booting the V4.0 CD with ALL other SCSI devices > disconnected - and it worked (came up with the install menu). > Note: It was DKA100 - RZ26, DKA200 - RZ28 and DKA300 - CD. > and I have tried it with the CD at DKA0. > > BUT that's not much use as (at that point) I don't have any disk > to install it on (and hot plugging doesn't work). > > Does this provoke and suggestions? If I disable automatic spin-up on the disks: srm sees them the kernel probe sees them but the bloody install says I have no disks!!! If I enable automatic spin-up on the disks: the stupid install looses its init!!! What is the next thing to try? Ray Newman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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