From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jun 28 11: 0:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from prince.inix.com (prince.inix.com [63.167.32.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4760537B401 for ; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 11:00:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pat@inix.com) Received: from prince.inix.com (prince.inix.com [63.167.32.68]) by prince.inix.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f5SHxlc05272; Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:59:47 -1000 Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 07:59:47 -1000 (HST) From: Patrick Guerin To: Rob Hulme Cc: Subject: Re: 4.1 install failing on a PowerEdge 1550 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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