Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 02:36:48 -0500 From: "default" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> To: "Rohit Panda" <prohit99@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installation problem Message-ID: <OE15jWEF0HG0anlzmUR000067b0@hotmail.com> References: <20010827063549.32524.qmail@web12802.mail.yahoo.com>
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What kind of hardware are you using?
I had this problem recently when I installed FreeBSD on one of my older =
machines (the mainboard was an old generic and the BIOS was copyrighted =
1995 :)
Anyway, even if I did attempt to mount the filesystems manually that =
wouldn't work either...
After about a month of on and off messing around with it, I finally =
figured out a few BIOS tweaks (mainly updating the BIOS to its latest =
version (the 1995 one) and playing around with the hard drive =
configurations in the BIOS...) I could get it working fairly normally...
Now, it boots about 50% of the time, which is all I need as this machine =
is just one that I use as a tester... my guess is that the hard drive =
controller is not fully supported... Now if it doesn't boot the first =
time, I just reboot and try again and it usually goes through.
This may or may not be the answer to your problem, but if you are using =
old hardware, I'd give it a shot...
If you need it to be 100% reliable (and you are using old hardware) you =
may want to consider upgrading your HD controller ...
Good luck,
Jordan
P.S. ... At that prompt, you are supposed to mount a drive manually. =
This is the 'mount' prompt...
You are supposed to type something in like: ufs:/dev/da0s1a
(UFS is the file system, and the /dev/da part refers to your hard =
drive... Type a question mark in and hit enter for more explanation of =
the hard drive types... (the 0s1a in /dev/da0s1a refers to it being the =
first hard drive of that type...)
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Rohit Panda=20
To: jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com ; mertz@gnosis.cx=20
Cc: lee@uk.FreeBSD.org ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org ; =
freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org=20
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 1:35 AM
Subject: installation problem
hi ,
i was using linux and a great fan of it.Then i heard about this =
wonderful OS called FreeBSD and wanted to try it out.i thought to =
install it via FTP. My E: drive in my windows machine is the place where =
i want to install FreeBSD(i have formatted my E: ,but iam getting the =
chance to fdisk because Sysinstall is not running). But iam facing a =
problem during installation.i have made the images of the kern.flp and =
mfsroot.flp from windows using the utility fdimage.Then i booted from =
the kernel image floppy .Everything goes fine and after that when i put =
the other floppy and hit enter it says " zf_read:unexpected EOF ". Then =
it continues with the kernel configuration.Once i teied to configure and =
the next time i skipped,but after that comes the problem.after it probes =
it says=20
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c
md0:raw partition size !=3D slice size
md0:start 0,end 7,size 8
md0c:start 0,end 5759,size 5760
md0:truncating raw partition=20
md0:start 0,end 7,size 8
md0:start 0,end 5759,size 5760
Root Mount failed :22
manual root filesystem specification
<fstype>:device Mount <device> using filesystem<fstype>=20
eg.ufs:/dev/da0s1a
? list valid disk boot devices=20
<empty line> abort manual i/p
THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROMPT.......
mountroot> NOW IF I HIT ENTER=20
panic :root mount failed ,startup aborted .
syncing disks
done uptime:11m 8 s
Automatic reboot in 15 secs.......
how do i correct the problem.Sysinstall is not starting and how to go =
about it.if u could help me i will be very grateful to u.otherwise tell =
me some alternate methords to do.
thanking u in advance=20
rohit
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>What kind of hardware are you =
using?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I had this problem recently when I =
installed=20
FreeBSD on one of my older machines (the mainboard was an old generic =
and the=20
BIOS was copyrighted 1995 :)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anyway, even if I did attempt to mount =
the=20
filesystems manually that wouldn't work either...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After about a month of on and off =
messing around=20
with it, I finally figured out a few BIOS tweaks (mainly updating the =
BIOS to=20
its latest version (the 1995 one) and playing around with the hard drive =
configurations in the BIOS...) I could get it working fairly=20
normally...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Now, it boots about 50% of the time, =
which is all I=20
need as this machine is just one that I use as a tester... my guess is =
that the=20
hard drive controller is not fully supported... Now if it doesn't boot =
the first=20
time, I just reboot and try again and it usually goes =
through.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This may or may not be the answer to =
your problem,=20
but if you are using old hardware, I'd give it a shot...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If you need it to be 100% reliable (and =
you are=20
using old hardware) you may want to consider upgrading your HD =
controller=20
...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Jordan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>P.S. ... At that prompt, you are =
supposed to mount=20
a drive manually. This is the 'mount' prompt...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You are supposed to type something in =
like: <FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>ufs:/dev/da0s1a</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(UFS is the file system, and the =
/dev/da part=20
refers to your hard drive... Type a question mark in and hit enter for =
more=20
explanation of the hard drive types... (the 0s1a in /dev/da0s1a refers =
to it=20
being the first hard drive of that type...)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dprohit99@yahoo.com href=3D"mailto:prohit99@yahoo.com">Rohit =
Panda</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Djkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com=20
href=3D"mailto:jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com">jkh@narf.osd.bsdi.com</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dmertz@gnosis.cx =
href=3D"mailto:mertz@gnosis.cx">mertz@gnosis.cx</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A =
title=3Dlee@uk.FreeBSD.org=20
href=3D"mailto:lee@uk.FreeBSD.org">lee@uk.FreeBSD.org</A> ; <A=20
title=3Dfreebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org=20
=
href=3D"mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.o=
rg</A>=20
; <A title=3Dfreebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org=20
=
href=3D"mailto:freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org</=
A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 27, 2001 =
1:35=20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> installation =
problem</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<P>hi ,</P>
<P> i was using linux and a great fan of it.Then i =
heard=20
about this wonderful OS called FreeBSD and wanted to try it out.i =
thought to=20
install it via FTP. My E: drive in my windows machine is the place =
where i=20
want to install FreeBSD(i have formatted my E: ,but iam getting the =
chance to=20
fdisk because Sysinstall is not running). But iam facing a =
problem during=20
installation.i have made the images of the kern.flp and mfsroot.flp =
from=20
windows using the utility fdimage.Then i booted from the kernel image =
floppy=20
.Everything goes fine and after that when i put the other floppy and =
hit enter=20
it says " zf_read:unexpected EOF ". Then it continues with the kernel=20
configuration.Once i teied to configure and the next time i =
skipped,but after=20
that comes the problem.after it probes it says </P>
<P>Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c</P>
<P>md0:raw partition size !=3D slice size</P>
<P>md0:start 0,end 7,size 8</P>
<P>md0c:start 0,end 5759,size 5760</P>
<P>md0:truncating raw partition </P>
<P>md0:start 0,end 7,size 8</P>
<P>md0:start 0,end 5759,size 5760</P>
<P>Root Mount failed :22</P>
<P>manual root filesystem specification</P>
<P><fstype>:device Mount <device> using =
filesystem<fstype>=20
</P>
<P>eg.ufs:/dev/da0s1a</P>
<P>? list valid disk boot devices </P>
<P><empty line> abort manual i/p</P>
<P>THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROMPT.......</P>
<P>mountroot> NOW IF I HIT ENTER </P>
<P>panic :root mount failed ,startup aborted .</P>
<P>syncing disks</P>
<P>done uptime:11m 8 s</P>
<P>Automatic reboot in 15 secs.......</P>
<P>how do i correct the problem.Sysinstall is not starting and how to =
go about=20
it.if u could help me i will be very grateful to u.otherwise tell me =
some=20
alternate methords to do.</P>
<P>thanking u in advance </P>
<P>rohit</P>
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