Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:59:47 -1000 (HST) From: Patrick Guerin <pat@inix.com> To: Rob Hulme <rob@robhulme.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 4.1 install failing on a PowerEdge 1550 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106280757520.5221-100000@prince.inix.com> In-Reply-To: <LPBBLIHFHEKDFLJEBFJGCEEDDKAA.rob@robhulme.com>
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Rob, I did a net install with 4.3-RELEASE with no problems. Give it a try. --pat On Mon, 28 May 2001, Rob Hulme wrote: > Hi, > > I would be really greatful for any help - I have to install FreeBSD onto a > Dell PowerEdge 1550 we just bought to be an internet server. > > I'm using FreeBSD 4.1 from the CDs I got with 'The Complete FreeBSD (2nd > Edition)'. > > During install either when writing files to the SCSI drive, or (just now) > 'Making slice entries for da0s1' it craps out and stops... If I 'Alt-F2' I > get one of these error messages: > > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): SCB 0x4a - timed out while idle, SEQADDR == 0x9 > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Queing a BDR SCB > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): Bus Device Reset Message Sent > (da0:ahc0:0:0:0): no longer in timeout, status = 34b > ahc0: Bus Device Reset on A:0. 63 SCBs aborted > ahc0:A:0: ahc_intr = referenced scb not valid during seqint 0x71 scb(57) > ahc0: WARNING no command for scb 57(cmdcmplt) > QOUTPOS = 95 > > That repeats every 20 seconds or so indefinately. > > I've tried installing it several times, trying to do a minimal or maximal > install - I've updated the BIOS, and firmware with updates from Dell's > site - and yet it still doesn't work :0| > > Has anyone got any suggestions? > -Rob > > -------------------------------- > http://www.robhulme.com > http://www.christianunion.org.uk > > "May the forks be with us." - Blue Raja (Mystery Men) > > Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less > obvious as you begin to study the universe. > For example, there are no solids in the universe. > There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. > There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines. > ---- R. Buckminster Fuller > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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