From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 26 15:45:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA14396 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:45:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail-gw6.pacbell.net (mail-gw6.pacbell.net [206.13.28.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA14376 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:45:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from yliao@pacbell.net) From: yliao@pacbell.net Received: from postoffice.pacbell.net (ppp-206-170-4-129.wnck11.pacbell.net [206.170.4.129]) by mail-gw6.pacbell.net (8.8.8/8.7.1+antispam) with ESMTP id PAA12009; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:45:24 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36857384.D2140D9E@postoffice.pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:38:44 -0800 Reply-To: yliao@pacbell.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en]C-PBI-NC404 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about installing FreeBSD 2.2.6 References: <368090D8.BC3E02FD@postoffice.pacbell.net> <19981223193119.G12346@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Greg, When my computer hangs up during installation, following message is displayed after pressing Alt-F2: "DEBUG: ioctl (3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (Success) DEBUG: Found a network device named lp0 atapi1.0: invalid command phase, ireason=0xd8, status=d8, error=d8" Even if I removed the modem and sound board from my computer, the computer still hangs at the same point and the same message is displayed. Could you give me more instructions? Thanks. Carl Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 22 December 1998 at 22:42:32 -0800, yliao@pacbell.net wrote: > > Dear Sir: > > > > I have a Dell Dimension XPS P100. It contains following components: > > Logitec System Mouse, 4X CD-ROM (IDE), US Robotics V.34 Sportster > > Data/Fax Modem (28.8), Creative Labs AWE32 Wavetable Soundcard, #9 Tri > > Graphics Accelerator PCI (2MB DRAM), 1 GB EIDE hard drive, 6.4 GB EIDE > > hard drive. > > > > When I tried to install FreeBSD 2.2.6 to my computer, I failed. The > > procedure I used is: > > a. Boot from CD-ROM. > > b. In the Kernel Configuration Menu, select Start kernel configuration > > in Visual Mode. > > c. Delete those devices my computer does not have ( but I do not know > > how I can add the information about Soundcard). > > d. Save changes and continue. > > You don't really need to do this under normal circumstances. You can > shoot yourself in the foot by removing things you don't know you need. > > > After probing floppy, serial ports and hard drive etc. successfully, the > > system was locked up. Only the message "Probing devices, please wait ... > > " was displayed on the screen with blue background and never exited from > > such a state. > > > > Could somebody show me what is wrong with my installation and what I > > should do to solve installation problem. Thank you very much for your > > help. > > I'd guess that you have a hole in your foot. Try again without > modifying the configuration. If it still hangs up at this point, > press Alt-F2, which should display the ``behind the scenes'' > information. The last few lines should be interesting. At this > point, you could also try removing your modem and sound board and see > if it continues like that (don't worry, you'll be able to replace > them, but it helps us to figure out what's going on). > > > P.S.: following is the detailed information about my computer: > > > >>>> Logging System Resources > > > > Function: Serial Port > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > I/O port: (3F8h-3FFh) > > Interrupt: 4(sh) > > > > Function: Serial Port > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > I/O port: (3E8h-3EFh) > > Interrupt: 4(sh) > > You'll have to find a different interrupt for your second serial > port. You can't share interrupts on serial ports. > > > === Current Configuration of unknown ISA card (ID: DEL0183) === > > # of functions = 3 > > slot # = 1 > > > > Function #1 > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > I/O port: (220h-233h) (300h-301h) (388h-38Bh) > > DMA: 1 5 > > Interrupt: 5 > > > > Function #2 > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > I/O port: (200h-207h) > > > > Function #3 > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > Is this the sound board? > > > === Current Configuration of ISA card USR 14,400 BPS DATA/FAX PC > > Internal Modem === > > # of functions = 1 > > slot # = 2 > > > > Function #1 > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > I/O port: (2F8h-2FFh) > > Interrupt: 3 > > This is the modem. That's OK. > > > === Current Configuration of unknown ISA card (ID: A0) === > > # of functions = 0 > > slot # = 16 > > > > === Current Configuration of unknown ISA card (ID: PNPFFFF) === > > # of functions = 1 > > slot # = 15 > > > > Function #1 > > not disabled, not locked, no config error > > DMA: 3 7 > > Interrupt: 10 > > I don't know what these are, but I'd guess they're on the mother board > (you don't really have 16 ISA slots, do you?). > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message