From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 8 19:55:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA29085 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 19:55:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA29080 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 19:55:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by who.cdrom.com (8.6.12/8.6.11) with ESMTP id TAA29146 for ; Mon, 8 Apr 1996 19:55:21 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA12799; Tue, 9 Apr 1996 12:50:55 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199604090320.MAA12799@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: freeBSD installation on my PC To: burnodo@comet.net (Robert Burns) Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 12:50:55 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <31693D38.4154@comet.net> from "Robert Burns" at Apr 8, 96 09:22:16 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Robert Burns stands accused of saying: > Firstly, I go through the installation process smoothly until the > copying to my hard drive begins...it starts to work then I get this... > > wd0 interrupt timeout: > wd0 status 58 error 0 > wd0 interrupt timeout: > wdo status 58 error 1 > > I have no idea what these mean and I don't believe that the basic freeBSD > installation guide covers troubleshooting on these specifics. These mean that your system is losing interrupts from the harddisk. Having seen these symptoms described just recently, I'm curious to know whether you're using a Packard Bell system? If you can't resolve this problem by tinkering with your motherboard setup, you won't be able to use FreeBSD on your hardware. It's showing symptoms of being badly broken. > Secondly, I have an ISP with a 28.8 connection, but during the > install I am never prompted to dial into the provider. If you're using a PPP connection, you'll have to swap over to vty2 (ALT-F3) and interact with the PPP program in order to dial. The installation guide has details on doing this. If you're using a SLIP connection, you should establish it before starting the installation. > Robert M. Burns -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[