Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:35:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Chris Casey <chriss@phys.ksu.edu> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.3-RC XP1000 Message-ID: <15053.57941.357485.592612@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96L.1010406101602.549O-100000@schottky.phys.ksu.edu> References: <15053.53301.123990.448655@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.SOL.3.96L.1010406101602.549O-100000@schottky.phys.ksu.edu>
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Try installing with a serial console, so you can get a transcript of what might have happened. Also, are the scsi disks plugged into the on-board controller or an sym controller in a PCI slot? If the latter, move the controller to a slot which is on hose 0. Drew Chris Casey writes: > > For what its worth, the 4.3-RC iso gets all the way to a blue screen when > you would expect to get the installation menu and then stops. There is > again a chance of replacing linux with fbsd on the machines here but I > seem to have terrible luck with installing on these guys. On the alt-f2 > console I find nothing unexpected: > > DEBUG: ioctl(3, TIOCCONS, NULL) = 0 (success) > DEBUG: Cant't open PC-card controller /dev/card0. > DEBUG: Cant open USB controller. > DEBUG: Add mapping for /dev/cuaa0 to sl0 > > Anyway, is there a hoop I need to jump through to get this guy to boot and > install? > > Thanks > > Chris Casey > Unix System Administrator > KSU Physics Department > (785) 532-6810 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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