Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 10:21:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sysintstall probing hosed on -STABLE? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408101812.17051A-100000@altrox.atipa.com> In-Reply-To: <199804080322.UAA00235@antipodes.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > Does the 2.2.6 installer do the same thing? I cycled through quite a > few hardware combos on an Award P6 board (Gigabyte), mostly with SCSI > disk, but a couple of cycles on IDE too. The probe process should > normally only take a few seconds (maybe 10-15 on a '486). It usually does! This boot disk has been an anomaly. > Wait a second - you say the disk is chugging away - is this *after* an > installation, running /stand/sysinstall? No. during intitial install. Haven't tried since system came up... > If so, check the console to see if you aren't getting a ridiculous > number of error messages. The 'wfd' driver in particular is a culprit > here. Yah, I've seen that, but this is not the case. > If not, then it's possible that your disk is behaving oddly when > sysinstall tries to open it to see if it's there, which would explain > the chugging noises. Have you tried a different disk model? I've > never worked with a Fujitsu IDE, so I'm completely unaware of any > quirks they might have. I think that may be the case, since it is the same chugging the disks make when motherboard BIOS probes them. When the MB probes, the make 5 burst seeks. When sysinstall hits it, it is almost continuous for about 3 minutes. Kevin > > Hmmmm. This is very odd - I can't think of any reason why it would > > wait, nor does it wait anywhere near that long on my 2 IDE/1 SCSI > > drive spambox. > > > > Hmmmmm. *shug*? :-) > > > > Jordan > > > > > > > > > > Hmmm. How are these IDE drives connected? > > > > > > In any order. I thought I had bad disks (or non-cooperating), so I tried > > > every combination possible. I wasted lots o' time :(... > > > > > > I finally waited the 3 minutes to get an error message, but none came; it > > > was fine! If I had been patient the first time, I am sure it would have > > > worked too. > > > > > > Tried w/ 1 drive, 2 drives (MASTER/SLAVE and also 1MASTER/2MASTER). > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > I am installing STABLE (SNAP 0404), and everytime sysinstall starts up on > > > > > boot, it takes over 3 minutes to get through the 'Probing devices, please > > > > > wait...' screen. > > > > > > > > > > This as been on 2 totally different machines. What the do have in common: > > > > > Fujitsu IDE hard drives, Adaptec SCSI cards (removing does not change > > > > > anything), and Award BIOS for PPro. Different mobos (one AT, other ATX; > > > > > one Gigabyte, one ASUS). > > > > > > > > > > Anyone else find this behavior? Everything runs fine after it times out o > > r > > > > > whatever. The whole time the hard drives sound like you are doing a > > > > > 'find /usr/ports' :) > > > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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