Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 14:12:09 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Wolfgang Helbig <helbig@MX.BA-Stuttgart.De> Cc: ewhite@ms1.nwla.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install dies Message-ID: <33881E89.7E61@barcode.co.il> References: <199705251008.MAA20076@helbig.informatik.ba-stuttgart.de>
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Wolfgang Helbig wrote: > > > Eddie White wrote: > > > > > > when i posted my first message, we were dog tired and so maybe i didn't > > > leave enough info. > > > > > > trying to install fbsd 2.1.5 (i bought the cd and never used it) on a > > > gateway 2000, 486dx2, western dig ide drive (520m) and 16m ram. > > > > > > during the install we loaded win95 just to test the hardware; all worked ok. > > > > > > we built the boot floppy. the box boots and we can go through all the disk > > > partition stuff (novice mode, we come from at&t 3B world). when we commit > > > to the install, it says its loading drivers, etc. to the hard drive. we > > > then get a window talking about copying /documentation and it hangs with 1%. > > > we see a burst of activity on the cd, a burst of activity on the hd, and > > > that's it. > > > > > > we have tried different partion settings, with and without win95; the same > > > result. > > > > > > anyone got any ideas? i rule out a hardware problem since win95 loads and > > > runs fine. > > > > Does this machine has a CMD640 EIDE controller by any chance (I think > > Win95 will tell you that, as will the probe messages printed when you > > boot FreeBSD's install floppy). If this is the case, put the disk you're > > installing to and the CD you're installing from on the *same* IDE > > channel and disable the secondary IDE channel when you install. Later > > on, built a new kernel with > > options "CMD640" > > This option is not supported in FreeBSD 2.1.5, only in FreeBSD 2.2.x Yeah, well, if this is indeed the problem then there was once a patch posted to hackers for 2.1.5/6/7 to have CMD640 support. I have it in case this turns out to be the real problem. > > > > > in it. > > > > Nadav > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > eddie > > Nadav
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